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Identifier	Subject	Date	Office	Classification	Tags
00ULAANBAATAR1422	MONGOLIA: 2000 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2000-11-28 03:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG

01ULAANBAATAR1018	AFGHANISTAN'S FUTURE - NEXT STEPS [...] (U) ON NOVEMBER 6, WE REVIEWED POINTS CONTAINED IN REFTEL WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER S. BATBOLD. HE STATED HE UNDERSTOOD THE GOALS OF THE U. S. POLICY. HE ADDED THA HE APPRECIATED THE INFORMATION PROVIDED AND OUR REQUEST FO COMMENT BUT WOULD DEFER COMMENT FOR THE MOMENT. 2. (C) BATBOL [...]	2001-11-07 02:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER AF MG
01ULAANBAATAR1150	MONGOLIA: 2001 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2001-12-19 06:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
02ULAANBAATAR877	MONGOLIA: 2002 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2002-12-09 12:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
03COLOMBO1850	Colombo Plan: Action Request regarding [...] (U) This is an ACTION REQUEST -- please see Para Four. 2. (SBU) BACKGROUND: Poloff attended a September 16 Colombo Plan meeting to discuss the postponed biennial Consultative Committee Meeting (CCM) of the Colombo Plan (CCM) (the CCM is the highest level meeting of the Colombo Plan). T [...]	2003-10-27 09:23:00	Embassy Colombo	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID SNAR CE CB MG VM
05HANOI719	Pragmatic Diplomacy: Vietnam's Relations with [...] (SBU) Vietnam's relations with post-Communist Russia, Eastern Europe and Mongolia have shown the GVN's willingness to move beyond ideology and politics to satisfy practical foreign policy, economic and security needs. In the years following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the demise of C [...]	2005-03-24 10:36:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PGOV SOCI RS EZ PL HU MG VM
05MANILA1960	PDR SHIFTING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION PHASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Under the personal direction of Defense Secretary Cruz, Philippine Defense Reform (PDR) is moving to SIPDIS the implementation phase. The GRP has requested three additional US experts to complement the nine already in place to carry out an ambitious, but well thought through [...]	2005-04-29 09:39:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS MARR PREL PINS MG ID AS RP
06HONGKONG4066	G/TIP OUTREACH TO MACAU GOVERNMENT ON COMBATING [...] (C) Summary: Mark Taylor, Senior Coordinator for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),accompanied by Gayatri Patel, G/TIP Reports Officer for China, met with government and non-government contacts in Macau September 29-30 to gather information on human trafficking [...]	2006-10-13 10:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
06TALLINN739	ESTONIA: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KOLBE [...] (SBU) Summary: Two and a half years after NATO and EU accession, remains a strong ally on all fronts. It is deeply committed to trans institutions and pro-free market economic policy. Estonia is a stead War on Terror (GWOT) in both Afghanistan and Iraq, where its troops h casualties includi [...]	2006-08-15 15:17:00	Embassy Tallinn	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV EN OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN NP IN TH MG FI
06TOKYO5215	COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CODEL HAGEL [...] (U) Embassy welcomes and grants country clearance for the October 3-5, 2006 and October 11-12 visit to Japan by CODEL Chuck Hagel and delegation. An updated schedule will follow. 2. (U) Control Officer for the visit will be Marc Forino. He can be reached at: Office phone: 81 (0)3 32 [...]	2006-09-12 03:35:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN CH VM MG JA
06ULAANBAATAR134	UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL DISPUTES AFFECTING US [...] (SBU) SUMMARY:. Summary. Potential American investment into the wireless telephony business in Mongolia, based on a recent case, turned soursouth, when the Mongolian government agency responsible for regulating telecommunications unilaterally cancelled an operating license in apparent violat [...]	2006-02-24 07:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR139	GIA DETAINS U.S. AND JAPANESE CURRENCY CARRIED BY [...] (S/NF) The head of the General Intelligence Agency's Counter Intelligence department requested a meeting the morning of February 23rd with SIMO to discuss their detention of one million U.S. dollars and 200 million Japanese Yen in cash from two DPRK males at Ulaanbaatar's Chinggis Khan (former [...]	2006-02-26 23:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR148	Democratic Party, MPRP Consider Top Party Job [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 27, both the Democratic Party (DP) and MPRP made decisions on key party jobs. The MPRP chose Party Secretary Yo. Otgonbayar as the new MPRP party chief for the capital. With one third of the total party membership, the Ulaanbaatar post has high visibility, and may [...]	2006-03-01 05:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR155	NO COUNTERFEIT DETECTED AMONGST U.S. AND JAPANESE [...] (S/NF) On the evening of March 2nd, a representative of the Japanese Embassy in Ulaanbaatar reported that examiners from the Japanese Finance Ministry had completed two thirds of their examination of the two thousand 10,000 Yen notes and determined all to be genuine. He stated that the team wou [...]	2006-03-03 09:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	SNAR EFIN PREL PTER ASEC MG
06ULAANBAATAR173	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR [...] (SBU) Growing awareness of trafficking as a domestic and international issue -- as well as Mongolia's first appearance in the TIP report -- spurred Mongolia to take significant new steps against trafficking in the last year. In November 2005, the government adopted a National Action Plan aga [...]	2006-03-13 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG MC IS KS TU
06ULAANBAATAR181	MFA Gives PSI Ship Boarding Agreement Update [...] (SBU) During a March 15 meeting on other subjects, poloff asked MFA Legal Department Direct B. Altangerel about where the interministerial review of the PSI ship boarding agreement stood. Altangerel replied that MFA had now received replies from all ministries. However, the Ministry of Just [...]	2006-03-15 07:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR215	Press Pans Former Secretary Baker's Visit [...] Summary: Much of Mongolia's press reacted negatively to a visit to Ulaanbaatar by former Secretary of State James Baker. Secretary Baker is remembered warmly by many Mongolians as the man behind the strengthening of bilateral ties after Mongolia's 1990 democratic revolution. His visit here [...]	2006-03-29 01:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KPAO EINV MG US EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR232	State Secrets Law: An Invitation to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The World Bank, civil society and donors, including the U.S., have long identified the lack of transparency and citizen access to government information as a major invitation to corruption and have encouraged the Government of Mongolia and worked with civil society [...]	2006-03-31 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ECON MG FR GM
06ULAANBAATAR261	PROTESTS AGAINST MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT GROW [...] ( U ) SUMMARY: Protests organized by a loose coalition of five local Mongolian groups have escalated slightly in the past few days but remain peaceful; business is conducted as usual in the capital city of Ulaanbaatar. The protest groups are continuing to demand respectively the resignation [...]	2006-04-12 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR275	MPRP DENIES PRESS CLAIM THAT IT BLAMES THE [...] ( SBU ) SUMMARY: The April 14 front page lead article for Odrin Sonin, a major Mongolian daily under Democratic party ownership, quoted Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) officials as stating that the MPRP believed the most truthful rumors circulating held the U.S. Embassy respons [...]	2006-04-17 03:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR300	Mongolia to Stay Shanghai Coop Org Observer [...] (SBU) Poloff met on April 21 with MFA Acting Director for Policy Planning T. Janabazar. Poloff asked about a press report (ref a) that stated that Mongolia, along with Iran, India, and Pakistan, would soon become Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members. Janabazar categorically state [...]	2006-04-21 07:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ETRD PTER CH MG IN PK IR
06ULAANBAATAR307	Mongolian Ponders Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) During an April 25 introductory courtesy call on new MFA State Secretary K. Bekhat, Charge urged Mongolia to immediately make clear that it will vote for Guatemala for an elected UNSC seat. He commented that prospective votes are being closely followed in Washington. Bekhat cautiously [...]	2006-04-25 07:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR313	Mongolian Will Not Run for UN Human Rights [...] (SBU) On April 25, Charge and Poloff discussed the UN Human Rights Council election with MFA Director for Multilateral Affairs Ms. Enkhtsetseg. Enkhtsetseg said that Mongolia is now carefully considering the candidates for the new body, but voiced Mongolia's agreement that it is important to [...]	2006-04-25 07:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN MG
06ULAANBAATAR320	Briefer for EAP Senior Advisor Keith [...] We look forward to your visit, which will provide a good opportunity to both review the relationship and push selected issues. Background on Post ------------------ 2. (U) Briefings during the Friday country team will provide you with background supplementing this scenesetter. The on [...]	2006-04-26 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR326	MONGOLIAN ENVIRONMENT MINISTER RECEIVES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Charge, accompanied by Econ/Coml Chief (also covering EST issues),called April 27 on Minister of Nature and Environment Erdenebaatar. Charge' congratulated Erdenbaatar on his recent appointment as Minister and also for attending post's Earth Day river clean-up on April 22 (reftel). Ec [...]	2006-04-30 22:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV PREL CVIS UNEP KFRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR38	New PM Nomination Delayed [...] (U) It now appears that the State Great Hural (SGH) will consider the nomination of the new Prime Minister later this week. The SGH normally holds plenary sessions on Thursday and Friday. The Fall session of the SGH is now slated to recess after the Friday, January 27 session, and next sit [...]	2006-01-23 09:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR380	FOREIGN INVESTORS CONCERNED AS WINDFALL MINING [...] (SBU) On May 12, Mongolia's State Great Hural (SGH),or Parliament, passed a controversial windfall profits tax on copper and gold. This law moved through the typically glacial SGH process at light speed, being passed less than two weeks after it was initially proposed without any opportunit [...]	2006-05-16 07:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ETRD EINV PREL PGOV MG HK CA
06ULAANBAATAR382	Minister Claims U.S. Paid MP Bribes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the last week, Minister of Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan appears to have made claims to different audiences (including the Cabinet and foreign mining company representatives) that USAID had paid several hundred thousand dollars to an MP for anti-corruption e [...]	2006-05-17 07:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ETRD EINV PREL PGOV PINR MG US
06ULAANBAATAR385	Gandan Monastery Invites Dalai Lama for Visit [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-18 07:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR396	TIP Seminar Raises Awareness, Coordination [...] A hands-on seminar aimed at countering trafficking in persons (TIP) in Mongolia was held in Ulaanbaatar on April 26-27. The training - held by The Asia Foundation (TAF) and the U.S. Embassy - brought together law enforcement and government officials, human rights lawyers, and representatives [...]	2006-05-24 07:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID KCRM KWMN SMIG ELAB MG
06ULAANBAATAR401	Speaker's views on Anti-corruption, Money [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's May 24 call on Speaker Nyamdorj, he expressed his firm support for the windfall profits tax passed by the State Great Hural (parliament),and opined that the body may override a veto if the President chose to take that step. Companies that expected to [...]	2006-05-25 06:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV EMIN ETRD KCRM SNAR PINR MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR407	Mongolia Ponders Public Iraq Government [...] No summary [...]	2006-05-26 06:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR43	Enkhbold Confirmed as Prime Minister [...] On the morning of January 25, Mongolia's Parliament voted 57-10 to confirm M. Enkhbold as Mongolia's new Prime Minister. Ambassador subsequently sent a letter to Enkhbold congratulating him on his confirmation, and stating the U.S. hope to work with the new government. According to Democrati [...]	2006-01-25 08:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR433	MONGOLIA ENERGY UPDATE: OIL IMPORTS RISE [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia is entirely dependent on imported oil, importing 574,300 tons in 2005, principally from Russia (80%),Kazakhstan, and China. Mongolia exported its domestic production in 2005 of 25,000 tons to China, according to the Vice Chairman of the Mineral Resources and Petroleum Au [...]	2006-06-07 02:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG PREL ELTRN MG RU CH
06ULAANBAATAR434	EAP DAS KEITH'S APRIL 27-29 VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: During EAP DAS Keith,s meetings with Government of Mongolia (GOM) officials on April 28, Keith expressed appreciation for the GOM,s continuing support in the war against terrorism and its participation in coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keith reiterated the importance of add [...]	2006-06-07 06:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL EFIN PTER KCRM MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR450	Foreign Policy Advisor on Shanghai Cooperation [...] (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar, on his own initiative, met with DCM and SIPDIS Ppoloff to brief on Mongolia's position at the forthcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Shanghai. Tsogtbaatar said President Enkhbayar would depart on June 14 for the [...]	2006-06-13 06:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MG UZ CH RU IR
06ULAANBAATAR452	DPRK Contract Laborers Decline Sharply [...] (SBU) On June 9, MFA Consular Department Director Ochirjav told visiting Treasury Deputy Assistant Secretary Danny Glaser that in recent months there had SIPDIS been a decline in the number of North Korean contract workers, from 200 persons to 50 persons. (Note: In delivering the TIP rep [...]	2006-06-14 03:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM ELAB MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR454	Genghis Khan Makes A Comeback [...] Earlier this week, Chinggis Khaan (Genghis Khan) replaced the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The MPRP, the social democratic descendant of the Communist Party which ruled Mongolia for nearly seven decades, is the dominant party in the coalition government formed in January. [...]	2006-06-14 06:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR461	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 14, 60-year old male protester died at the Boroo Gold mining site. Protest leaders claimed this occurred after Boroo security guards used a stun gun on him. However, mine officials stated that the elderly protestor apparently died of a heart attack while trying to cl [...]	2006-06-15 09:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR462	Tense StandoffOne Dead in Protest at Anti-Foreign Mine Protest [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 22:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV MG EMIN ETRD
06ULAANBAATAR463	Tense Standoff in Protest at Foreign Mine [...] No summary [...]	2006-06-15 22:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR469	Financial Regulator's Murder Distracts Focus [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Boroo Gold re-started operations on the afternoon of June 16 after police moved protesters away from the mine site. The government's attention to the Boroo situation -- including the key role of the Health Minister and Member of Parliament Gundalai in the protests -- was div [...]	2006-06-16 06:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV CASC MG
06ULAANBAATAR475	TREASURY DAS GLASER PRESSES ILLICIT FINANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During Deputy Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes Daniel Glaser's June 9 meetings with Government of Mongolia officials and banking representatives, he discussed U.S. concerns with respect to North Korean illicit activities. He discussed U.S. action [...]	2006-06-19 04:07:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER KCRM PREL ETTC MG KS
06ULAANBAATAR499	MCC EURASIA DIRECTOR REID'S MEETINGS WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Millennium Challenge Corporation Eurasia Managing Director Frances Reid met with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister, Speaker, and Vice Foreign Minister, among others, during the course of her June 12-22 visit to Mongolia. During her meetings, she expressed appreciation for th [...]	2006-06-29 01:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL EAID PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR525	Scenesetter for Presidential Delegation [...] We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. The presence of a presidential delegation at the 800th anniversary celebrations continues a stellar 2005-6 year for high-level USG visits to Mongolia -- starting off with Peace Corps Director Vasquez last July, Speaker Has [...]	2006-07-10 06:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP PREL PGOV EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR537	Mongolia's Parliament Passes Tax, Anti-Money- [...] SUMMARY: Prior to the July 11-14 Naadam national day holiday, the State Great Hural (SGH - Parliament) passed three major pieces of legislation: an anti- corruption law; an anti-money laundering law; and amendments to the minerals law. The bills culminated a busy spring session for the legi [...]	2006-07-17 07:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV EMIN EINV SNAR KCRM EFIN ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR539	Secretary Johanns' Visit Advances Relationship [...] (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Secretary for Agriculture Mike Johanns headed a Presidential Delegation which visited Mongolia July 12-13. During very cordial meetings with President Enkhbayar and Prime Minister Enkhbold, Johanns conveyed President Bush's congratulations on Mongolia's 800th annivers [...]	2006-07-18 01:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP EAID MASS MG US
06ULAANBAATAR550	Mongolia to Send 7th Rotation to Iraq [...] (U) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the following diplomatic note to the Embassy on July 19: Begin text (informal embassy translation) (Complimentary opening) and takes the opportunity to state that, in relation to the completion of the period of duty for the sixth rotation of Mongol [...]	2006-07-19 09:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL MG IQ
06ULAANBAATAR552	EBRD OPENS FOR BUSINESS IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) Summary: On July 15, 2006, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) received notification from the Russian Federation that it had ratified Mongolia's accession to the EBRD, the last of the sixty-one EBRD members to do so. EBRD Business Group Director Olivier Deschamps a [...]	2006-07-20 07:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID EFIN PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR553	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Reftel reported GOM's decision to send a seventh rotation of soldiers to Iraq, consisting of a "small number of command staff officers." The sixth rotation, whose tour is up in September, consists of 100 soldiers, serving under Polish command in Camp Echo, performing force protection dut [...]	2006-07-20 23:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR554	GOM Explains Decision on 7th Troop Rotation to [...] (U) Summary: In a July 20 meeting, the Foreign Minister reiterated to Ambassador the Mongolian government's support for the war on terrorism and its commitment to remain a member of the coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said that there had been no opposition in the Cabinet to a seventh [...]	2006-07-20 23:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS MOPS PREL KPAO MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR558	Mongolia Still Pondering Guatemala UNSC Vote [...] (SBU) On July 20, E/P Chief called MFA Multilateral Relations Director General Enkhtsetseg to ask whether the July 3 announcement of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between Mongolia and Guatemala had resulted in any movement in Mongolia's decision on this year's UNSC vote. ( [...]	2006-07-21 06:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UN UNSC MG IR VE GT
06ULAANBAATAR572	Exim's First Visit to Mongolia: Transactions in Aircraft [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) Export Finance Group Senior Vice President (SVP) John McAdams visited Mongolia July 6 to 11 to explain Ex-Im Bank's programs. Prime Minister Enkhbold gave McAdams an overview of the Mongolian situation and desired projects, w [...]	2006-07-27 23:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EAID PGOV PREL KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR578	Mining Conflict Leads to One Death and Forcible Removal of [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 27, police forcibly removed approximately 8000 artisal, or "ninja," miners from a gold mining area 100 miles northwest of Ulaanbaatar. The removal followed two weeks of sporadic clashes with looting ninjas, including one on July 12 in which one person attacking the com [...]	2006-07-29 06:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR580	Comments on OHCRC Field Presence [...] The human rights project run by the UNDP has provided important and effective support for the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC),which was established in 2001. The NHRC produces an annual report on the Mongolian human rights situation. The report was debated in the parliament for the f [...]	2006-07-29 07:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR588	Crowd of Thousands in Central Square Demands "Change" [...] Over the past few months, Ulaanbaatar's central Sukhbaatar Square has been home to dozens of demonstrations for a variety of causes. The target of the protesters, Government House, is conveniently located just north of the Square. Demonstrators have demanded the resignation of the government [...]	2006-08-03 07:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR591	IMF PUTS NEW PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS WITH MONGOLIA ON [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Local IMF Resident Representative Jang (strictly protect) told Emboffs August 3 that the IMF had decided to postpone further discussion with the Government of Mongolia (GOM) over a new IMF program to replace its long-lapsed program. Jang was now informing key donors and would a [...]	2006-08-03 08:52:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	EFIN EAID PREL PGOV SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR593	KHAANQUEST 2006 PEACEKEEPING EXERCISE SCENESETTER [...] (U) SUMMARY: KHAANQUEST 2006 IS THE PACIFIC-AREA GLOBAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS INITIATIVE (GPOI) CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE YEAR. IT HAS FOUR MAJOR COMPONENTS: 1) A MULTINATIONAL FIELD TRAINING EXERCISE (FTX) FOCUSING ON PEACEKEEPING SKILLS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE FIVE HILLS TRAINING CENTER, [...]	2006-08-04 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	MARR PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR608	FOREIGN MINISTER ASKS FOR ADVICE ON POSSIBLE DALAI [...] (U) This is an action request -- please see para 4. 2. (C) After an August 9 meeting on another matter, Foreign Minister Enkhbold asked to meet the Ambassador one-on-one. Enkhbold said that Gandan monastery had told the government it wishes to invite the Dalai Lama to Mongolia for a visit [...]	2006-08-10 08:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SOCI PHUM KIRF MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR609	FM TELLS AMBASSADOR NSC WILL DECIDE 7TH IRAQ [...] (C) Summary and comment: Ambassador, accompanied by Polish ambassador, met on August 9 with Foreign Minister Enkhbold to urge Mongolia to reconsider its decision to reduce the 7th rotation to Iraq to a few staff officers. Ambassador noted that Washington welcomes Mongolia's decision to send [...]	2006-08-10 08:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR61	New Mongolian Cabinet Confirmed [...] (SBU) On the evening of January 27-28, Mongolia's Parliament, the State Great Hural (SGH),approved 16 of the 17 nominees for Cabinet positions. At 4 AM on January 28, the SGH then recessed for the Mongolian New Year holiday (Tsagaan Sar). It is not known when a candidate will be resubmitte [...]	2006-02-01 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR610	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Kolbe [...] We look forward to hosting you in early September, and to showing you how U.S. taxpayer dollars are being used here to benefit the Mongolian and American people. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Spea [...]	2006-08-13 22:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID MG
06ULAANBAATAR615	Koizumi's Visit to Mongolia: A Feel Good Experience [...] (SBU) Summary: According to the Japanese DCM (protect),Prime Minister Koizumi's August 10-11 visit to Mongolia was a relaxed visit without much new in substance; rather it was a celebration of a relationship untroubled by the political problems Japan has elsewhere in the region. No new aid [...]	2006-08-14 07:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MG JA KN
06ULAANBAATAR616	Country Clearance for Staffdel Bixby [...] Embassy warmly welcomes and grants country clearance for the August 22-26 visit by HIRC staff members Melanie Bixby, Paul Oostburg Sanz, and Lynne Weil to examine the proposed Millennium Challenge Account programs in Mongolia. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit will be DCM Brian Gol [...]	2006-08-14 07:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT PREL PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR621	Mongolia's Shadow Economy: Half as Large as the Official [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to a USAID-funded analysis, the informal economy in Mongolia is about 45% to 50% the size of the formal economy. This contrasts with the current official estimate of just 11% from the National Statistics Office (NSO). Using a new estimate based on a large sample surv [...]	2006-08-16 02:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID MARR SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR622	Efforts Against Domestic Violence Increasing [...] Mongolia is increasing efforts to combat an epidemic of domestic violence which affects perhaps a third of all women. As well as a 2004 law, a draft national action plan will be submitted in September, and the Supreme Court may clarify some remaining legal issues in coming months. While publ [...]	2006-08-16 02:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI EAID PREF MG
06ULAANBAATAR625	DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28 [...] (C) The Japanese DCM told EP chief on August 16 that the Dalai Lama will transit Japan next week en route to Mongolia. The DCM said that Tokyo had informed the Japanese embassy here that the Dalai Lama would transit Japan en route to Mongolia on August 21, and would transit Japan again on Au [...]	2006-08-16 06:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA
06ULAANBAATAR628	Mongolia's Looming Mercury Pollution Crisis [...] Summary. The widespread use of mercury in the informal gold mining sector in Mongolia has produced a looming environmental crisis. As many as 100,000 "ninja" miners -- 15-20% of them children -- now work in the sector, a number that has sharply increased in the last five years. Illegal u [...]	2006-08-17 05:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PGOV EMIN SOCI ELAB PHUM MG
06ULAANBAATAR634	FOREIGN MINISTER COMMENTS ON POSSIBLE DALAI LAMA [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister on August 17 to deliver the paper conveyed in ref a, which responded to the Foreign Minister's request for U.S. perspectives on the likely Chinese reaction to a Dalai Lama visit (ref b). FM Enkhbold expressed appreciation for the report. He did not q [...]	2006-08-18 06:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON CH MG
06ULAANBAATAR638	DALAI LAMA TO VISIT MONGOLIA AUGUST 21-28 [...] (C) The Dalai Lama will visit Mongolia August 21-28, at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the leading Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the country. He will transit Japan in both directions, as he did during his last visit in 2002. President Enkhbayar, in his capacity as the [...]	2006-08-21 07:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI MG CH JA
06ULAANBAATAR639	Mongolia Braces for Dalai Lama Arrival, China's Reaction [...] (SBU) The President's Foreign Policy Advisor confirmed to the Embassy on August 21 that the Dalai Lama would arrive later in the day. (Note: The direct flight to Ulaanbaatar from Tokyo arrives at 10:00 PM.) The Dalai Lama will visit at the invitation of the head lama of Gandan Monastery, the [...]	2006-08-21 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MG CH
06ULAANBAATAR646	Visiting PACOM Commander Admiral Fallon Makes Progress On [...] (SBU) PACOM Commander Admiral William J. Fallon paid his first visit to Mongolia, August 19-21, at the invitation of Mongolian Chief of the General Staff LTG Togoo. The Admiral's observation of Mongolia's first-ever multinational peacekeeping training exercise, Khaan Quest 06, and joint press [...]	2006-08-25 00:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR MASS PREL PTER KPKO MG IZ PL
06ULAANBAATAR648	ULAANBAATAR CONTACT FOR BLUE LANTERN PROGRAM [...] Embassy Ulaanbaatar appoints the following two individuals as the current mission U.S. Department of State employees responsible for Blue Lantern Program related issues in Mongolia. 2. Primary Contact (note: Mr. Herman will arrive on September 2 to begin his assignment in Ulaanbaatar): -- [...]	2006-08-25 05:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETTC KOMC KSEP US MG
06ULAANBAATAR649	Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 07:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR651	Cabinet to Consider Negotiation of PSI Ship Boarding [...] No summary [...]	2006-08-25 08:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM MNUC KNNP PREL EWWT KTIA MG
06ULAANBAATAR652	Mongolians Rebuff Russian Commercial Bear Hug [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia apparently completely rebuffed Russian Premier Fradkov's demands in early July for priority access for Russian firms to Mongolia's natural assets, based on details that have emerged over the last month. In return for preferential treatment, the Russians had promised t [...]	2006-08-29 03:52:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG RU
06ULAANBAATAR657	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-08-31 09:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL
06ULAANBAATAR658	New AML Law: Better Than Nothing, But Implementation Will [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the end of June, Mongolia's parliament passed the country's first anti-money laundering (AML) law. The step followed years of foreign exhortations, including and especially from the United States, about the danger that Mongolia might become a money laundering center. There [...]	2006-09-04 05:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR660	Fiscal Snapshot: High Mining Revenues a Boon and a Danger [...] SUMMARY: Buoyed by sharp GDP growth in the last few years, Mongolia's government finds itself in a time of relative plenty. However, these large revenue increases have been driven by high international commodity prices for gold and copper. When the good times end for copper and gold, Mongoli [...]	2006-09-05 02:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
06ULAANBAATAR666	AMBASSADOR'S RAISES 7TH ROTATION TO IRAQ WITH [...] (SBU) On September 5, Ambassador paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Enkhbold, and on September 6 she met with President Enkhbayar and Speaker Nyamdorj. In all the calls, the Ambassador lauded close military-military relations, and noted U.S. support for Mongolia's efforts to have its mil [...]	2006-09-07 07:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR667	WHITHER U.S.-MONGOLIA RELATIONS? [...] (U) As I conclude my three-year tour as chief of mission in Mongolia, I offer the following reflections on the past and recommendations for the future, as we pursue the "comprehensive partnership" with Mongolia that was first enunciated in the July 2004, and reaffirmed in the November 2005, Jo [...]	2006-09-07 09:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MG PREL EAID ECON PGOV KMCA MASS
06ULAANBAATAR671	Codel Kolbe Advances U.S. Interests [...] (U) SUMMARY: During a September 1-3 visit, Codel Kolbe examined U.S. assistance programs in Mongolia, with a particular focus on the proposed Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) program. The Codel stressed that qualifying for MCA is not enough, and that Mongolia will need to take the time and e [...]	2006-09-08 07:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OREP PGOV MARR EAID KMCA KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR673	World Bank Offers Prescriptions for Investment Climate [...] SUMMARY: A recent World Bank report provides a concise, well-documented account of the problems -- particularly corruption -- affecting Mongolia's investment climate. It also offers recommendations on how to tackle these problems. While the Spring session of Parliament passed tax reform and [...]	2006-09-08 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EAID EFIN EAIR PGOV PREL MG
06ULAANBAATAR681	Mongolia Accepts POTUS Invitation to UNGA Democracy Event [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-12 07:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OVIP PHUM UNGA MG
06ULAANBAATAR682	CODEL KOLBE DISCUSSES DPRK REFUGEE ISSUES, MORE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Mongolian General Intelligence Agency (GIA) officials told visiting CODEL Kolbe that since 1998 Mongolia had facilitated the resettlement in South Korea of 1,976 North Koreans and that 136 were presently in Mongolia being processed. To date, all North Koreans crossing into Mong [...]	2006-09-12 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PREL PHUM PREF EAID MG KN KS
06ULAANBAATAR683	SAUDI ARABIA MAY SOON ESTABLISH DIPLOMATIC [...] No summary [...]	2006-09-13 01:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID MG SA ZR
06ULAANBAATAR724	AMBASSADOR'S INITIAL CALLS ON PRESIDENT, SPEAKER, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the Ambassador's initial meetings with President Enkhbayar, following presenting his credentials on September 20, State Great Hural Speaker Nyambdorj on September 25, and Prime Minister Enkhbold, the Mongolian leaders stressed good bilateral relations, and pressed for early c [...]	2006-09-27 09:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD MG
06ULAANBAATAR728	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Hagel [...] We look forward to hosting you October 7 to 9. Your visit here will continue a stellar year for high-level bilateral engagement. Over the last year, visitors have included: Speaker Hastert and delegation, then Rep. Leach (both in August 2005); Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld (October); the Pres [...]	2006-09-28 07:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OREP EAID MARR MG
06ULAANBAATAR734	CABINET AGREES TO SEND 100-MAN 7TH ROTATION TO [...] (C) During the Ambassador's September 29 initial call on Foreign Minister Enkhbold, Enkhbold confirmed that the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had decided on September 26 to recommend that the Cabinet reconsider its decision to send only a limited number of [...]	2006-09-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ
06ULAANBAATAR750	7th Rotation of Mongolian Troops Departs for Iraq [...] One hundred Mongolian troops departed today for Iraq, where they will provide force protection at Camp Echo for Polish troops in the Multinational Force. The six month deployment is Mongolia's 7th rotation of troops to Iraq since 2003. The dawn departure ceremony was attended by the Charge, [...]	2006-10-04 00:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL KPKO MG IZ AF YI SL TU BE
06ULAANBAATAR769	Mongolia to Vote for Guatemala in UNSC Battle [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-12 03:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNSC MG GT VE
06ULAANBAATAR773	Mongolia's New Golden Hoard: Five Months After New Tax, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Six short days in May saw the abrupt passage by Mongolia's State Great Hural (parliament) of a windfall profits tax on gold and copper in a process utterly lacking in consultation with stakeholders foreign or domestic and the public. Just as Mongolia looks to large foreign inve [...]	2006-10-12 07:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EINV ETRD EMIN MG
06ULAANBAATAR774	High Commodity Prices Create Rosey Optimistic Figures [...] Summary and comment: Mongolian government economic figures confirm that high commodity prices continue to fill government coffers. The budget surplus in the first eight months of 2006 was US $190 million, or 10% of official GDP. Rising commodity prices on the country's principle exports have [...]	2006-10-12 08:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ETRD PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR783	AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON FINANCE MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-17 08:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL EAID KCOR KMCA MG
06ULAANBAATAR790	Mongolian Government, Donors Discuss Progress, Coordinate [...] (U) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: Government of Mongolia (GOM)officials and external partners (donors) convened the second bi-annual technical meeting October 9-10 to discuss progress in key areas since their first meeting in February 2006 (reftel),as well as to discuss plans for key sectors such [...]	2006-10-18 09:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID EFIN PREL PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR795	Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] No summary [...]	2006-10-23 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR803	Government Wins Parliamentary Confidence Vote, But Cracks [...] (SBU) Summary: By a 46-22 vote, on October 26 the government easily turned defeated a no confidence motion pushed by the opposition Democratic Party. However, the opposition succeeded in its real aim: winning two days of great publicity for its criticisms of the government. A bonus for the [...]	2006-10-27 08:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR809	Mongolia's MCA Compact Nears Critical Juncture [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia has submitted a rough draft of a program memo which -- with substantial hard work by both Mongolian and U.S. counterparts over coming months -- may enable a Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) Compact to be signed in early Spring 2007. A Compact will likely involve a sig [...]	2006-10-31 08:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID KMCC ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR827	New Mongolian Central Bank Governor Appointed [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: After what appears to have been a bruising internal struggle within the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),A. Batsukh has been appointed the Bank of Mongolia's new governor for a six-year term, replacing the controversial O. Chuluunbat. Batsukh was [...]	2006-11-09 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRD PGOV PINR MG

06ULAANBAATAR829	Country Clearance for MCA's Roche International [...] We welcome and grant country clearance to Roche International consultants Christian Berube, David Burns, Asil Gezen, Dennis Lindberg, Lawrence Phipps, and Deana Silverston for their travels to Mongolia during the month of November. The purpose of the visit is to work with MCC's Burak Inanc and [...]	2006-11-11 07:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA EAID KMCA ECON MG
06ULAANBAATAR832	U.S.-Based Peabody Moves Toward Coal Investments With USG [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A Department of Commerce advocacy letter, and post-arranged meetings with senior Mongolian officials, have boosted the efforts of U.S.-coal mining giant Peabody Energy to be involved in development of a 6.5 billion ton coal deposit. Last week, Peabody's China-based o [...]	2006-11-15 09:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR833	Mongolia Accedes to Cape Town Convention [...] The Mongolian government has formally completed the process of accession to the Cape Town Convention and the Protocol to the Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment on Matters specific to Aircraft Equipment. The convention facilitates asset-based financing and leasing of larg [...]	2006-11-15 09:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CASC PGOV ECON EINV MG
06ULAANBAATAR838	MONGOLIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1718 -- SHIPS [...] (SBU) MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Enkhtsetseg told E/P chief on November 20 that she expects Mongolia will have its report to the UN Security Council on implementation of UNSCR 1718 ready sometime during the week of November 27. She said that MFA has asked various ministries and ag [...]	2006-11-20 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PARM PREL KNNP EWWT MG KN
06ULAANBAATAR841	Public Diplomacy Captivates Mongolian Media by Highlighting [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-22 08:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OEXC PREL EAID SCUL KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC MG
06ULAANBAATAR844	Opportunity to Strengthen US-Mongolia Ties: 2007 Marks 20th [...] No summary [...]	2006-11-28 02:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAO PREL ECON OIIP OPRC KMDR MG
06ULAANBAATAR845	AMBASSADOR PAYS COURTESY CALL ON NEW BANK OF [...] (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by DCM, paid a courtesy call November 27 on recently appointed Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh. After congratulating Batsukh on his appointment last month, the Ambassador noted the USG had worked with the GOM and the BOM on several issues, includin [...]	2006-11-29 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PREL PINR MG
06ULAANBAATAR847	Mongolia's Savings and Loan Crisis Contained? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Last spring, 27 of Mongolia's largest Savings and Loans (S&L) cooperatives (among 900) collapsed in rapid succession under the weight of bad loans, abysmal management practices and swirling rumors of corruption. Quadrupling in size over the past two years Mongolia's dodgy S&L i [...]	2006-11-30 02:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR856	Alaska National Guard State Partnership Bolsters Military [...] (U) Summary and comment: During a mid-November visit by Alaska National Guard head Major General Craig Campbell, Mongolian military counterparts expressed appreciation for the State Partnership Program (SPP) relationship with the Alaska National Guard, but urged even more assistance. MG Camp [...]	2006-12-05 08:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ETRD KPAO MG
06ULAANBAATAR858	Mongolian Human Rights Commission Claims Widespread Abuse [...] SUMMARY: The Mongolia's National Human Rights Commission annual report devotes 29 pages to chronicling the widespread abuse of pre-trial detainees and the poor conditions under which they are imprisoned. It's grim reading, with case after case of deaths caused due to beatings, reportedly ofte [...]	2006-12-07 04:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR861	Mongolia INCSR: Part 1 [...] The following is post's submission for Part 1 of the INCSR. 2. Begin text: I. Summary Drug trafficking and abuse are not widespread in Mongolia, but continue to rise and draw the attention of the government. Mongolia's young, burgeoning urban population is especially vulnerable to t [...]	2006-12-08 07:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SNAR MG
06ULAANBAATAR870	Mongolia's New Mining Law: Many Concerns [...] (SBU) Mongolia's new mining severely disrupts an industry that will and must be Mongolia's economic engine for many years to come. Most worrisome to miners are new provisions for the government to take equity stakes in a long list of "strategic" mines, provisions that leave unclear how much th [...]	2006-12-14 08:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR872	INCSR Part 2: Financial Crimes and Money Laundering [...] (U) Mongolia is not an important regional financial center nor considered an offshore financial center, although there are no laws prohibiting the establishment of offshore entities in Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Mongolia's economy and banking system are relatively small, depriving the cover needed f [...]	2006-12-15 07:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KCRM KTFN PTER MG
06ULAANBAATAR875	Mass firing of Mongolian mineworkers sends message to [...] (SBU) One of Mongolia's largest employers, Ivanhoe Mines, will fire 900 of its domestic and foreign workforce, or some 7.5% of the 12,000 workers directly employed in the Mongolian mining sector. Ivanhoe cannot afford to pay workers idled by the Government of Mongolia's refusal to reach an agre [...]	2006-12-18 23:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
06ULAANBAATAR878	Provincial Perspectives: Khentii and Dornod Aimags See [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a brief November 19-21 easterly swing through Dornod and Khenti provinces, leaders there expressed concern about growing unemployment pressures but were hopeful that investments in mining, for the former, and agribusiness and tourism, for the latter, would provide needed j [...]	2006-12-20 02:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN PGOV MG
06ULAANBAATAR881	Shadowy Buyers Near Purchase of Largest Mongolian Bank [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: There are major concerns about the impending sale of Trade and Development Bank (TDB),Mongolia's largest bank overall and the key bank for foreign exchange and foreign transactions, to a shadowy 100% Mongolian-owned consortium with unknown financing. The IFC and th [...]	2006-12-22 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ANKARA2577	TURKS REQUEST HIGH-LEVEL ASSURANCES ON US MATERIEL [...] (C) Action request at para 5. 2. (C) MFA U/S Apakan convoked Ambassador October 18 to discuss continued GOT concerns about the MV Onyx and its cargo. Apakan told Ambassador he has had many conversations in recent days with the Turkish General Staff about the Onyx and that he is "sick of s [...]	2007-10-18 12:41:00	Embassy Ankara	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS PTER ETTC KOMC IZ MG UP CY TU
07ANKARA2695	DEALING WITH TURKISH SUSPICIONS REGARDING US ARMS [...] (C) Rising PKK violence and the leakage of potentially thousands of US-procured weapons from Iraq have heightened Turkish government and public sensitivities about the transfer of weapons to Iraq. Delays and confusion as we attempted to provide the GOT with information on the origin and desti [...]	2007-11-01 10:04:00	Embassy Ankara	SECRET	PREL MARR PTER MOPS ETTC KOMC MG UP CY IZ TU
07BEIJING4190	JUNE 21 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: A/S HILL AND FM YANG'S [...] Key points at the June 21 MFA Press Conference were: -- China hopes A/S Hill's visit to the DPRK will help to implement he Initial Actions Agreement and to improve Unied States-DPRK relations. -- FM Yang will visit the DPRK July 2-4. -- Population and developed nations' contributions to [...]	2007-06-21 09:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SENV KS KN IZ MG JA SU ID NL CH
07BEIJING7005	MFA: CHINA AND U.S. BOTH "GOOD INFLUENCES" FOR [...] (C) In the wake of Mongolian President Nambaryn Enkhbayar's October visit to the United States and signing of the USD 285 million Millennium Challenge Account aid package, Chinese and Mongolian officials underscored the "special" nature of Sino-Mongolian relations, but differed on China's view [...]	2007-11-07 06:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH MG
07HONGKONG1866	G/TIP DIRECTOR VISITS MACAU [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Mark Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),and his Senior Coordinator for Reports, Mark Taylor, visited Macau on June 27 to discuss with Macau cabinet officials actions the Macau Special Administrative Region government (MSARG) s [...]	2007-07-16 08:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2360	MACAU GOVERNMENT ESTABLISHES COMMITTEE TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Macau government, clearly making good on some of the commitments expressed by Chief Executive (CE) Ho to G/TIP director Ambassador Lagon in June (reftel),gazetted a directive yesterday to set up a "concern committee" on deterring human trafficking. The committee will consist of up t [...]	2007-09-11 10:35:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07HONGKONG2640	MACAU WOMEN'S COMMISSION SEEKS TO ANSWER THE CALL [...] (SBU) Macau Chief Executive Edmund Ho chaired a meeting of the Consultative Commission on Women's Affairs (CCWA) on October 10, wherein the Commission briefed the Chief Executive on recent activities, including its meeting in August to study ways to improve efforts to combat trafficking in pe [...]	2007-10-18 07:58:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM HK CH MC MG
07MANILA2597	THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH MONGOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolian Deputy Foreign Minister Tserendash Tsolmon offered to host Six Party working group meetings, SIPDIS requested U.S. support for its APEC membership bid, and discussed the possibility of signing Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Compact during President Enkhbayar's fall vi [...]	2007-08-02 04:53:00	Embassy Manila	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEAN ETRD PREL EXBS MG
07MANILA3389	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP: PHILIPPINES [...] Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Office of American Affairs Executive Director Jun Cardenas had no answer yet regarding Philippine participation in the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) meeting in Bamako. (Per reftel, a formal response was requested by October 12, which falls on a [...]	2007-10-11 09:05:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MG RP
07MANILA3620	PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT PLEASED TO ATTEND COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Department of Foreign Affairs Director for United Nations and International Organizations Leah Ruiz told poloff that the Philippine government would participate in the 4th Community of Democracies ministerial meeting November 14-17, and in the Asia Paci [...]	2007-11-08 06:01:00	Embassy Manila	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL UNGA MG RP
07MOSCOW5101	ULAN UDE, WHERE BEING ASIAN WORKS [...] (C) Summary. During an October 15-19 trip to the Republic of Buryatia, squeezed between Lake Baikal and Mongolia, local government officials, political party representatives, and civil society leaders shared with us their views on the political, economic, and social development of the region [...]	2007-10-22 15:11:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF ECON ETRD PINR MG RS
07MOSCOW5103	RUSSIA - MONGOLIA RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary. The October 3 visit to Moscow by Mongolian Foreign Minister Enkhbold reaffirmed the historically good relations between Russia and Mongolia. GOR officials, the Mongolian Embassy, and the Mongolian Consulate General in Ulan Ude expressed satisfaction with the state of the relatio [...]	2007-10-23 06:44:00	Embassy Moscow	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG RS
07NEWDELHI2711	DEMARCHE ON SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-11 10:32:00	Embassy New Delhi	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS AF CH IN IR MG PK RS ZK
07SEOUL1882	ROKG INFORMED OF DENIED NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES IN [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-21 07:48:00	Embassy Seoul	SECRET	PREF PREL PINR KTIP KS KN MG
07STATE128912	ASKING MONGOLIA TO JOIN ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] This is an action request. See Para 3 for suggested talking points. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: On April 10, Deputies approved plans to develop a partnership among Asian democracies. Subsequent consultations with prospective members led us to broaden the concept to an Asia Pac [...]	2007-09-13 19:23:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MG
07STATE131552	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]	2007-09-18 21:32:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MG
07STATE131560	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]	2007-09-18 21:42:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MG
07STATE131561	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP [...] This is an action request. (Info only for BEIJING.) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, please also note specific requests in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: The President called for the formation of the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership in his speech at [...]	2007-09-18 21:48:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MG
07STATE144650	SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO CABLE ON INDOOR AIR [...] This is an action request. See Paragraph 3. SUMMARY 2. SUMMARY: Reftel asked posts in countries where greater than 20 percent of the population uses biomass and coal to meet basic energy needs to assess host countries, commitment to addressing the health concerns posed by indoor air poll [...]	2007-10-16 16:26:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CB MG RP SENV TBIO VM
07STATE152803	ASIA PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP WORKING BREAKFAST IN [...] This is an action request. (Info only: Bamako) See Para 3 for suggested talking points. For Jakarta, Tokyo, New Delhi, and Seoul, please also note specific additional information in Para 4. 2. Background, for Embassy Info Only: On April 10, Deputies approved plans to develop a partnership [...]	2007-11-05 22:41:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM MG
07TOKYO4969	JAPAN STILL UNDECIDED ABOUT APDP, DEPENDS ON PM [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-24 08:08:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL MG JA
07TOKYO5203	JAPAN WILL ATTEND APDP BREAKFAST, STILL UNSURE [...] (SBU) Although Japan will not be able to send a cabinet-level representative to the U.S.-hosted breakfast on the Asian Pacific Democracy Partnership in Bamako, the government intends to "actively participate" in the discussion, MOFA Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Pricipal [...]	2007-11-09 08:38:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID PREL MG JA
07ULAANBAATAR105	Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...]	2007-02-16 03:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG
07ULAANBAATAR106	Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...]	2007-02-16 03:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG
07ULAANBAATAR107	Mongolia Welcomes Six Party Talks Agreement [...] DCM conveyed reftel points to MFA. In response, an MFA official called attention to a statement which MFA released on February 14 (para 2). 2. Begin text: Statement by the Spokesman of Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia applauds the initial actio [...]	2007-02-16 03:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PARM KNNP EAID KN MG
07ULAANBAATAR109	List of Mongolian Registered Ships [...] Mongolia's Ministry of Roads, Transportation and Tourism (MRTT) has provided post with a list of 283 "active ships" currently registered under the Mongolian flag. Ministry officials define "active" as those vessels operating on a regular, long-term basis with a normal or permanent registration [...]	2007-02-20 02:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EWWT PHSA PINR PREL ETRD MG
07ULAANBAATAR112	Third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the United States State Department held the third annual U.S.-Mongolia Consultations on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI) on January 29 at Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen [...]	2007-02-21 07:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ETRD MASS MARR PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR119	Part 1 of 2: Investment Climate in Mongolia's Mining Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nationalist and populist politics on mineral resources have led to a sharp deterioration of the investment climate in the mining industry over the last year. With support from both major political parties, the legislature abruptly passed a confiscatory Windfall Profits Tax on c [...]	2007-02-23 08:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR123	Part 2 of 2: The U.S. Stake in Developing Mongolia's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel, we described the sharply deteriorating investment climate for mining over the last year. Post recommends raising many of those problems during the forthcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, because the U.S. has a major stake in ensuring a favor [...]	2007-02-23 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR125	U.S.-Involved Tender Dispute: Winning Twice Is Not Enough [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: L-Systech, a Mongolian-South Korean JVC, supported by an American consultant and vending U.S.-produced solar power equipment, saw its winning of an US$8 million Government of Mongolia solar-power equipment tender frustrated by the improper and perhaps illegal behavior [...]	2007-02-26 09:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR141	Update on Mongolian Adoption Processing [...] Summary: A high-ranking official in the Ministry of Social Welfare and Labor has provided assurances that international adoption cases which had been on hold for at least two months would be processed within the next few weeks. A new adoption law may be introduced in the Mongolian Parliament [...]	2007-03-05 04:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC KOCI CVIS MG
07ULAANBAATAR143	Constitutional Court Strikes Down New Minerals and [...] (U) On March 2, the Constitutional Court struck down the new Minerals Law and Anticorruption Law passed by Parliament last July. The laws took weeks to emerge from the Parliament Secretariat last summer, in the interim undergoing extensive changes by both the Secretariat staff and Speaker Nyam [...]	2007-03-05 09:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR146	Bilateral Consular Convention Instruments Exchanged [...] On March 6, the U.S. and Mongolia exchanged the protocols and instruments of ratification for the bilateral consular convention which was signed in Ulaanbaatar on August 2, 1990. Signing on behalf of the United States was U.S. Ambassador Mark C. Minton. Signing on behalf of Mongolia was Forei [...]	2007-03-06 06:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL KTIA CASC AMGT MG
07ULAANBAATAR150	AMBASSADOR MEETS FOREIGN MINISTER ON IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Enkhbold on March 6 to follow up on the phone call the previous evening between President Bush and President Enkhbayar, and to state our hope that we will receive an early and positive response on our request that Mongolia send an 8th rot [...]	2007-03-06 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL MASS IZ MG PL
07ULAANBAATAR156	MONGOLIAN ARMED FORCES PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE 8TH [...] (S) On March 7, DATT was told by a tired-looking Chief of General Staff LTG Togoo that he would meet with senior government officials in late afternoon regarding the issue of an 8th rotation of 100 troops to Iraq. Togoo said he would need to meet with DATT after that meeting (note: most likel [...]	2007-03-07 08:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR157	Mongolia and GSP: An undiscovered Country [...] SUMMARY: Less than half a percent of Mongolia's exports to the U.S. came in under GSP in 2006, partially because over 90% of Mongolian exports to the U.S. are textiles. However, in other cases, Mongolian goods eligible for GSP treatment simply don't take advantage of it. The Ministry of Indu [...]	2007-03-08 03:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR158	Tax Reform Creates Better Business Environment, But There's [...] (U) SUMMARY: As background for the upcoming Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, this report notes that major legislative changes in 2006 made a good start at reforming Mongolia's tax system, an area which has been one of the bigger problems for investors. The old corporate i [...]	2007-03-08 04:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR159	USG Trade-Related Assistance to the GOM [...] SUMMARY: In the upcoming bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks, Mongolia continues to ask for trade-related technical assistance. USAID is already providing extensive help in a number of areas, including trade policy and negotiations, creation of a single window for [...]	2007-03-08 05:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD EAID PREL EMIN ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR160	Mongolian State Procurement: New Law Bars Most [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In a candid recent conversation, a senior official of Mongolian Ministry of Finance told us that Mongolia's government procurement process has been problematic for years, due to the limited staff of the Ministry's Procurement Office, and the tendency of State Great Hu [...]	2007-03-09 03:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR164	Mongolia Customs [...] Summary: While there is a bilateral Customs agreement with the U.S., cooperation has waned since the end of the Multifiber Arrangement in 2005. Mongolia has a relatively liberal trade regime, with low tariffs and no quotas or onerous licensing requirements. Customs is widely viewed as corru [...]	2007-03-10 03:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR165	Scenesetter for TIFA Talks [...] (SBU) The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks have become an important part of our overall bilateral relationship since 2004. During the third annual round of talks on March 12, the U.S. delegation will need to fend off Mongolia's efforts to get the U.S. to agree by the end [...]	2007-03-10 06:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EINV PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR169	SENIOR LEADERS ENDORSE 3-MONTH EXTENSION OF TROOPS [...] (S) On March 13, Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar told Ambassador and ADCM that the National SIPDIS Security Council (the President, Speaker, and Prime Minister) had met on Friday, March 9, and recommended that the government decide to extend for three months Mongolia's 7 [...]	2007-03-13 06:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR173	MONGOLIA EXTENDS CURRENT TROOP ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] No summary [...]	2007-03-14 08:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR19	Governing Party Flexes Muscles, Sacks Health Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP)'s victory in a by-election last September gave them an absolute parliamentary majority. Pundits said it was only a matter of time before less cooperative, non-MPRP members of the coalition government, in place since January 2006, [...]	2007-01-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR193	Finance and Foreign Ministers lobby AUSTR Stratford for [...] (SBU) Summary: During March 12 calls on Foreign Minister Enkhbold and Finance Minister Bayartsaikhan, Assistant US Trade Representative Timothy Stratford gently deflected calls for USG movement on a Free Trade Agreement but affirmed MCC's commitment to reaching a Compact with Mongolia. Althoug [...]	2007-03-27 06:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECIN ECON PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR207	THANKS FOR ASSISTANCE TO IRAQ VISIT OF MONGOLIAN [...] I want to express my personal thanks to the U.S. military and State Department personnel who assisted in the March 27-28 visit to Iraq of Mongolian Defense Minister Sonompil to meet with Mongolian troops and make a personal assessment of the conditions in Iraq. I met with the Minister on Apri [...]	2007-04-06 08:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR PREL MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR212	Keep the USAID Mongolia Mission Open [...] (SBU) I was extremely distressed to learn that consideration is being given by USAID Washington to save $334,000 in FY 2008 by removing the mission's sole U.S. Direct Hire USAID officer and closing the USAID Mission in Ulaanbaatar. I rely on the USAID Mission not just for on-the-spot program m [...]	2007-04-10 04:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL ECON AMGT MG
07ULAANBAATAR216	Mongolia, Rio Tinto/Ivanhoe Reach Deal on Oyu Tolgoi Copper [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia and Rio Tinto/Ivanhoe broke through a four-year long negotiating logjam to reach a deal which will allow development of the world class Oyu Tolgoi copper mine. To try to counter reflexive public criticism by opposition MPs and civil movement populists, and [...]	2007-04-11 08:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR217	Mongolia Creates New State Holding Company for Government's [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has established a new state-owned holding company named ERDENES-MGL to receive and manage its equity shares of mines determined to be "strategic" under the country's most recent mining law. The move signals the GOM's seriousness in acquiring the [...]	2007-04-12 05:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR22	Ambassador, Mongolian FM Discuss Bilateral Issues. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister Enkhbold exchanged views on a wide range of bilateral and regional issues over lunch on January 4. Topics included the North Korean refugee situation in Mongolia, U.S efforts to help Mongolia develop its military peace-keeping capacity, the pr [...]	2007-01-16 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON MG EAID PGOV
07ULAANBAATAR220	Mongolian President's Letter to POTUS Discusses Iraq, MCC [...] The Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided the Embassy with the copy of a letter from President Enkhbayar to President Bush. MFA stated that, while the letter is dated March 30, it was delivered by the Mongolian Embassy in Washington on April 11. The letter was released to the Mongolian press [...]	2007-04-12 09:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL MARR EAID MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR222	Country Clearance for DHS Employee Joseph Martin [...] We welcome and grant country clearance to JOSEPH MARTIN for travel to ULAANBAATAR, MONGOLIA. The purpose of the visit to Mongolia is for case processing during April 16 to April 23, 2007. 2. POC: Your point of contact is Lisa Conner, Consular Section Chief. Contact numbers are as follows: [...]	2007-04-13 03:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OTRA PREF MG
07ULAANBAATAR228	MONGOLIAN ECONOMIC UPDATE: ALL THAT GLITTERS IS GOLD (AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Preliminary figures for 2006 from the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) Statistics Office show that Mongolia is experiencing unprecedented economic growth. Reaching US$2.7 billion in 2006, nominal GDP increased 8.4%. Mongolia has averaged 7% growth in GDP since 2002 (a low base poin [...]	2007-04-17 04:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR229	Mongolia/Partners Discuss National Development Strategy, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) and external partners, including bilateral and multilateral donors, international financial institutions and international NGOs, met at the third semiannual GOM/World Bank co-sponsored Technical Meeting in Ulaanbaatar April 3-4. (Reftels summarize [...]	2007-04-17 05:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR234	MP Reviews Muslim Issues with Charge [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an April 18 meeting with Charge, MP Sairaan Kader invited the Embassy to participate in a meeting of the Mongolian Muslim Society in Ulaanbaatar next month. Sairaan, a supporter of moderate, secular Islam elected from a largely Kazakh Muslim region in Mongolia's far west [...]	2007-04-19 08:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM SCUL KPAO MG SA
07ULAANBAATAR238	Interest Rises in Mongolian Uranium Deposits [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Current estimates, mostly based on Soviet era surveys, place Mongolia's current commercial recoverable reserves of yellowcake at some two million metric tons, but Mongolian officials believe that the actual totals may be much higher. Rising prices for uranium have reignited inte [...]	2007-04-20 06:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL SENV EMIN EINV ETRD KNNP MG
07ULAANBAATAR241	Foreign Minister Offers Condolences on Virginia Tech [...] On April 23, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the embassy a copy of the letter in paragraph 2. The Ministry stated the text had been delivered to the State Department on April 20 by the Mongolian Embassy in Washington. 2. Begin text. Mongolia Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Minis [...]	2007-04-23 08:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL OPDC MG
07ULAANBAATAR245	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-25 06:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR257	Mongolia's Newest Domestic Private Airline: EZnis [...] Summary: Mongolia's second domestic private airline, EZnis Airways, was launched in December 2006, taking advantage of the vacuum created when the country's flag carrier MIAT sharply reduced domestic routes (reftel a). Mongolian telecom/IT company Newcom has funneled substantial amounts of mon [...]	2007-04-30 08:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR265	Is Mongolia's New Minister of Industry and Trade His Own [...] (SBU)SUMMARY: New Minister of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Ts. Davaadorj's low-key, if sometimes eccentric demeanor is a welcome relief compared to the sometimes disastrous tenure of the frenetic, flamboyant and feckless B. Jargalsaikhan, who reportedly spared no opportunity to exploit his positio [...]	2007-05-07 22:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PGOV EAID ECON EFIN PREL PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR266	Action Request: GOM Proposes October for Visit of President [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar called in the Charge on May 7 to propose dates for President Enkhbayar's trip to the United States. Tsogtbaatar stated that any time during the month of October could be made to wor [...]	2007-05-08 02:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OVIP EAID MARR KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR267	New Minister of Industry and Trade Seeks U.S. Help on [...] (U) This an action cable for USTR. See action requested in para 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Ts. Davaadorj invited Charge over to press for a favorable reply to Mongolia's request for a five-year extension of its export tariffs on cashmere. He also [...]	2007-05-08 05:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EMIN KNNP EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR268	Western Snapshots Part 2 of 3: Bayan Ulgii - Home to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Bayan Ulgii (BU) aimag (province) in Mongolia's far west April 24/25. BU is home to Mongolia's largest ethnic minority group: Moslem Kazakhs make up 92% of the aimag's 100,000 citizens. Several BU interlocutors stressed that they are "calm, moderate, secula [...]	2007-05-08 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ETRD SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR275	PRESIDENTIAL FOREIGN POLICY ADVISOR SAYS NEW IRAQ [...] (C) During a May 7 meeting on other matters, Charge asked Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Tsogtbaatar about the status of Mongolia's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to provide force protection for Polish troops at Camp Echo. Tsogtbaatar replied that he knew that the deadline [...]	2007-05-10 07:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR276	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the third annual round of TIFA talks held in Ulaanbaatar on March 12, Mongolian trade representatives continued to lobby for a roadmap towards an FTA with the U.S. and requested USG support on joining APEC. Rather than a roadmap, AUSTR Stratford instead recommended focusing o [...]	2007-05-11 05:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR279	Mongolian Court Convicts Boy Band Drug Smugglers [...] (U) A Mongolian court convicted 13 persons accused of trafficking drugs smuggled in from China, sentencing three of the defendants to ten or more years in prison. The defendants included several Mongolian hip hop boy band stars, the son of a wealthy businessman, and several students. This is [...]	2007-05-14 03:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR281	Snapshots of Mongolia's West Part 3 of 3: Uvs' Future [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Charge visited Ulaan Gom (UG),the capital of Uvs aimag (province) April 27/28. Uvs Governor Togoo said the best business prospects are sea buckthorn production, cashmere, agribusiness, tourism, and mining, but unemployment is high and nearly 30% of the population lives belo [...]	2007-05-15 02:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR284	Mongolia's FIU Seeks FinCEN Link [...] (U) B. Tumurbat, head of Mongolia's Financial Information Unit (FIU),has written to James H. Fries, Director of the Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN),looking to develop closer ties between the two anti-money laundering agencies. (A copy of his letter has be [...]	2007-05-15 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ECON PREL SNAR MG
07ULAANBAATAR285	Mongolia Undecided on UNHRC Vote, But Mulling Belarus [...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia cast its vote for Slovenia and Bosnia, and to not vote for Belarus to join the UN Human Rights Council. 2. (SBU) Enkhtsetseg responded that Mongolia ha [...]	2007-05-16 04:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UNHRC MG BO
07ULAANBAATAR286	Mongolia Mulling Iraq's Community of Democracies [...] No summary [...]	2007-05-16 06:04:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL KDEM EAID PGOV MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR287	Mongolia Endorses U.S. Proposal in ARF on UNSCR 1540 [...] (SBU) E/P Chief met on May 15 with MFA Director for Multilateral Relations Ms. Enkhtsetseg and drew on reftel points to urge that Mongolia support the three ARF initiatives the United States tabled in Helsinki in late March. Enkhtsetseg expressed appreciation for receiving copies of the revis [...]	2007-05-16 06:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KNNP PTER ARF MG
07ULAANBAATAR294	Impasse with Russia Over Joint Venture Railroad Head Leaves [...] (U) On April 11-13, a meeting of the joint Russian-Mongolian Railroad Authority board failed to select a new Chairman. The post has been vacant since early October 2006, when Russian Chairman Vasile Magdei and his Mongolian deputy (both reportedly inebriated) accidentally died of carbon monoxi [...]	2007-05-21 05:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ELTN EINV ETRD EAID MG RU
07ULAANBAATAR297	Turbulence Ahead for Mongolia's Airline Sector? [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The General Director of Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) dismissed reports that Aero Mongolia is suffering serious financial difficulties, despite a series of safety related incidents an [...]	2007-05-23 05:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR300	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable reports the March 12 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks between the U.S. and Mongolia which concentrated on specific U.S. concerns about Mongolia's trade and investment climate. Speaking first with an advance outline of the U.S. presentation, the Mo [...]	2007-05-24 07:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR310	Scope Paper and Issues for Assistant Secretary Hill's June [...] (SBU) SCOPE: Assistant Secretary Hill's visit to Mongolia fulfills the dual purposes of: 1) reinforcing the strong U.S.-Mongolia relationship and, 2) attendance at the Asia Society's June 15-18 Williamsburg conference (the conference is covered in a separate memo). This visit fulfills a lon [...]	2007-05-29 06:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR316	Third US-Mongolia TIFA Joint Council, March 12, 2007, Part [...] (U) SUMMARY: Immediately following the March 12 Third US-Mongolia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Joint Council meeting, Marideth Sandler, Executive Director of USTR's Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program, spearheaded a GSP education and outreach drive March 13-15 in [...]	2007-06-02 22:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR325	PRESIDENT SAYS DECISION TO BE MADE "SOON" ON [...] (C) During a June 6 one-hour call on President Enkhbayar, the Ambassador noted that there had been great satisfaction during his recent consultations in Washington on the state of bilateral security cooperation. In particular, at the National Security Council, at the State Department, and at [...]	2007-06-06 07:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR327	MCC Issues Briefer for Assistant Secretary Hill's June [...] (SBU) The following draft bullets and talking points are provided in preparation for Assistant Secretary Hill's planned visit to Mongolia. 2. (SBU) Background: -- After three years of false starts and sometimes emotional give-and-take with MCC, there is very strong optimism that a Compact [...]	2007-06-12 00:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR335	Trade and Economic Issues Briefing for Assistant Secretary [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's economy grew 8% in 2006 (yielding GDP of US$2.7 billion) and is projected to reach 7.5% in 2007. Mining (copper, coal and gold),cashmere, tourism, and small retail trade were the primary economic drivers, coupled with high world commodity prices. Mining prospects im [...]	2007-06-12 23:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PREF MARR EAID KMCA MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR336	Mongolia Scenesetter for A/S Hill [...] (SBU) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit. You will be the most senior solo State Department visitor to Mongolia since Jim Kelly in October 2004; Kelly visited to inaugurate the first session of the "Comprehensive, Bilateral, Global, Regional Issues" (CBRGI) d [...]	2007-06-12 23:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR339	DEFENSE MINISTER SAYS IRAQ ROTATION DECISION TO BE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a June 12 call on Defense Minister Sonompil, the Ambassador emphasized that there is great interest in Washington in Mongolia's formal approval of the 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Minister of Defense Sonompil responded that the Mongolian National Security Council (NS [...]	2007-06-13 08:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PTER MG IZ PL CH RU
07ULAANBAATAR346	Mongolia Confirms Entry Into Force of 1996 Bilateral [...] The Embassy has received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with an original note in Mongolia. A translation of the text is provided in paragraph two, and is based on the informal translation provided by MFA. The Mongolian text of the original and the English translation [...]	2007-06-15 04:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	MARR KTIA PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR349	A/S HILL'S MEETINGS WITH MONGOLIAN OFFICIALS [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill met on June 15 with Mongolia's President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister. None of the officials revealed their thinking on the pending decision on whether to send an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq, but President Enkhbayar noted that [...]	2007-06-18 04:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID SCUL MG IZ KN
07ULAANBAATAR355	DECISION ON 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ DELAYED BY [...] (C) During a June 19 meeting, Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser Tsogtbaatar told E/P Chief that the GOM's decision on sending an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq has been delayed because of the June 14 parliamentary vote to dismiss Ts. Nyamdorj as Speaker. He noted that, because of the dismi [...]	2007-06-19 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV PINR MG IZ PL

07ULAANBAATAR363	Country Clearance for Codel Payne [...] We warmly welcome and grant country clearance to Codel Payne to visit Ulaanbaatar from July 1-4. Schedule information is being exchanged via email. 2. Control officer for the Codel is Economic/Political Section Chief Patrick Freeman. Contact numbers are as follows: --Office Telephone Num [...]	2007-06-22 02:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OREP AMGT PREL ASEC AFIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR367	Editorial Urges End to Mongolian Support in Iraq [...] No summary [...]	2007-06-22 09:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL OPRC KMDR MG IZ
07ULAANBAATAR375	NSC RECOMMENDS 8TH ROTATION TO IRAQ; SOLDIERS [...] (C) On June 25, Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Davaasuren confirmed to DCM that on the evening of June 22 the National Security Council (President, Speaker and Prime Minister) had agreed to recommend to the Cabinet that Mongolia send an 8th rotation of soldiers to Iraq. Ahead of [...]	2007-06-25 08:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR376	Mongolia Scenesetter for Codel Payne [...] (U) We and the Mongolian Government very much look forward to your visit, and to the initiation of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's program of exchange with the State Great Hural. The historic 2005 visits of Speaker Hastert and the President and First Lady underlined the increasing [...]	2007-06-25 09:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID EMIN ETRD PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR382	Cabinet Approves 8th Rotation to Iraq [...] (SBU) On June 26, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas, Middle East and Africa Director General Jambaldorj confirmed to the Ambassador that the Cabinet had earlier that day approved an 8th rotation of troops to Iraq. Foreign Policy Advisor to the President Tsogtbaatar and Foreign Policy Adviso [...]	2007-06-27 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL PGOV EFIN MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR388	USTR TRANSPARENCY AGREEMENT PROPOSAL CONVEYED, MORE [...] On June 28, DCM passed to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Trade Director a copy of AUSTR Stratford's letter to Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) Vice Minister Sodhbaatar (ref) proposing preliminary consideration of a bilateral agreement on transparency, including as an example the dra [...]	2007-07-03 00:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ETRD PREL EFIN PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR392	MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENT, FM SEND JULY 4 CONGRATULATORY [...] (U) Post received letters to President Bush from President Enkhbayar and to Secretary Rice from Foreign Minister Enkhbold on July 5 dated July 4 offering congratulations on the U.S. July 4 holiday. Copies have been sent via email to the desk. Americas, Middle East and Africa DG Jambaldorj conf [...]	2007-07-05 08:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL EAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR394	Homes For Mongolia's Masses -- a Housing Shortage Amidst a [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has launched a two-year campaign to build 40,000 affordable apartment units throughout the country (with 80 to 90% in Ulaanbaatar (UB),the capital) to address a critical housing shortage caused by increasing numbers of rural migrants moving to th [...]	2007-07-06 00:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR400	FOREIGN MINING COMPANY, ENVIRONMENTAL NGO REPS DISCUSS [...] (U) SUMMARY: A June 22 Embassy-organized lunch brought together environmental and social NGO and mining company representatives active in Mongolia to discuss issues of transparency and stakeholder engagement. Participants agreed that responsible mining and transparency should be encouraged in [...]	2007-07-09 08:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR418	TRAGIC CRASH FOCUSES ATTENTION ON HELICOPTER SAFETY. [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in of the FAA in para 12. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. The crash of a Mongolia Border Forces Russian-built MI-8 helicopter that claimed the lives of 15 firefighters has led to renewed focus on the safety of the country's dwindling helicopter fleet, [...]	2007-07-18 06:07:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR424	VISIT OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During his first trip abroad since his appointment, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with Mongolian officials June 30 to July 2 to forge closer political, economic, and commercial ties between the two northeast Asian neighbors. Both sides viewed this visit as a favorable [...]	2007-07-20 05:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EMIN EINV MG CH
07ULAANBAATAR425	OPPOSITION GROWS AS PARLIAMENT DEBATES CONTROVERSIAL OYU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia (GOM) has begun its public roll- out of the tentative investment agreement for the development of the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine struck between the GOM and Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto in April (ref A). If copper's price remains at today's high of US$7,600 per ton, M [...]	2007-07-23 00:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN PGOV ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR428	MONGOLIAN RESPONSE TO DEMARCHES ON CD MINISTERIAL AND [...] This is an action request, please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a demarche by the DCM to the Mongolian MFA on the upcoming Community of Democracies (CD) Ministerial, the MFA expressed no objection to the U.S. positions on Venezuela and Nigeria. However, Mongolia will not support Taiw [...]	2007-07-24 05:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA MG
07ULAANBAATAR429	CODEL PAYNE'S VISIT TO MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) led a delegation of members from the House Democracy Assistance Commission (HDAC) through three days of highly productive meetings with representatives of the Mongolian legislative and executive branches, July 1-4, 2007. Delegation members included Rep. [...]	2007-07-24 08:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR433	VISIT OF JAPANESE CROWN PRINCE NARUHITO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Crown Prince of Japan Naruhito paid his first-ever visit to Mongolia July 10 to 17 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic relationships between the two countries. Although purely ceremonial, the visit was a very important, corner-turning moment in the context of Japanes [...]	2007-07-26 00:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID SOCI EMIN EINV MG JP
07ULAANBAATAR434	Mongolian Government Survives Confidence Vote, Opposition [...] (U) Mongolia's coalition government easily survived a no confidence vote on July 24, winning the vote 46-27. The following day, the Democratic Party (DP),the major opposition party, announced that it intended to boycott the Parliament indefinitely. DP Council Chairman L. Gansukh asserted that [...]	2007-07-26 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR436	No Investment Disputes or Expropriation Claims in Mongolia [...] No summary [...]	2007-07-27 02:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV CASC PGOV KIDE OPIC MG
07ULAANBAATAR437	US DELEGATION THANKS MONGOLIA FOR ITS CONTINUED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a July 22-24 visit to Mongolia, NEA DAS Ambassador Lawrence Butler and Peter McVety, Office of the Secretary of Defense,s Director of Coalition Affairs for Iraq and Afghanistan, met July 23 with senior government officials including the President, Foreign Minister, Chief [...]	2007-07-27 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR EAID MG IQ
07ULAANBAATAR438	164-Foot Genghis Khan with Laser Eyes to Tower Over Niagara [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: If Mongolian promoters have their way, a 164-foot tall statue of Genghis Khan with laser eyes may soon tower over the base of Niagara Falls. Per the promoters, supporting the project, there will be cheap, direct flights between Ulaanbaatar and Niagara Falls, both t [...]	2007-07-27 08:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CVIS SCUL EINV AMGT PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR444	POST'S RESPONSE RE INVESTMENT GUARANTY TO CALVERT SOCIAL [...] (SBU) Post has the following response to OPIC's request for background information regarding the two possible Mongolian microfinance institutions (MFI) Khan bank and Khas (hereafter using local spelling "Xac", but pronounced "khas") bank. First, to post's knowledge neither Khan Bank nor Xac ba [...]	2007-08-01 03:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OPIC PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR448	Mongolia's Economy Still Running Strong [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia's economy continued strong growth in the first half of 2007 and, according to local analysts, will likely meet expectations of 7% to 8% GDP growth this year. High copper prices and increased tax receipts bolstered Government revenues. The Ministry of Finance is n [...]	2007-08-02 07:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR454	ON A FALCON'S WING: THE EMIR OF KUWAIT VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Emir of Kuwait met with senior Mongolian officials regarding trade, cultural, and security affairs, before taking a vacation in the Mongolian countryside. Although the Mongolian-Kuwait bilateral trade relationship remains minuscule, mostly trade in falcons, Kuwait has provid [...]	2007-08-07 00:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG KU
07ULAANBAATAR459	MONGOLIAN GOVT SEEKS UPDATES ON PENDING BILATERAL [...] (U) This is an action cable. See actionS requested in para 9. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian Foreign Ministry Americas Deputy Director General Mounkhou invited the DCM to the Ministry on August 8 to requestupdates on several pending bilateral agreements ahead of President Enkhbayar's anticipa [...]	2007-08-09 08:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID PGOV MARR MG
07ULAANBAATAR466	MONGOLIA OFFERS DEAL FOR SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Foreign Ministry is offering a quid pro quo for its support of the candidacy of Ms. Felice Gaer to the Committee Against Torture in Geneva on October 8. In a letter addressed to Embassy Ulaanbaatar a [...]	2007-08-15 03:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM MG
07ULAANBAATAR472	DIVISIONS WIDENING WITHIN RULING MONGOLIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven weeks after Mongolia's coalition government easily survived a no-confidence vote, divisions appear to be widening within the coalition-leading Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP). Many MPRP Parliamentarians acknowledge that their party's popularity is waning, and [...]	2007-08-20 05:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR475	Mongolia's Railroad Woes: Construction, Other Materials [...] (SBU) Chairman of the Railway Authority of Mongolia Davaadorjiin Ganbold (protect) told the DCM August 17 that greatly increased traffic plus a shortage of locomotives and rail cars (wagons) had resulted, over the past few months, in an ominous peak backlog of some 800 rail cars at the border [...]	2007-08-22 06:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR478	MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT'S REVOCATION OF MINING RIGHTS ROILS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Late last week the Government of Mongolia (GOM) revoked the exploration licenses of 18 firms on 34 sites without prior warning, consultation, or any internal review of the action. The GOM claims that revocation is allowed under the newly amended minerals law. Chargi [...]	2007-08-23 00:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR479	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DESCRIBES TIES WITH NORTH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tsogtbaatar Damdin (protect),Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) to Mongolia's President, shed light August 21 on his country's relationship with North Korea. Joined by officials from the MFA, Tsogtbaatar told USG officials that Mongolia is trying to reduce North Korea's sense of isol [...]	2007-08-24 06:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL SOCI ECON MG KN KS
07ULAANBAATAR480	REGIONAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST [...] (C) As requested in ref A, post would like to suggest that Washington consider how it can best retain and strengthen support by counter-terrorism allies and coalition partners such as Mongolia. Mongolia,s General Intelligence Agency's (GIA) has repeatedly pressed the USG for CT assistance and [...]	2007-08-24 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC MG
07ULAANBAATAR483	MONGOLIAN GOVERNMENT WALKS BACK ITS REVOCATION OF MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Post met with Ministry of Industry and Trade Vice Minister (VM) Sodbaatar to discuss several issues, among them the recent virtual "expropriatory" revocation of 34 exploration licenses owned by owned by 18 firms by the Government of Mongolia (GOM). The VM denied that licenses had [...]	2007-08-24 23:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR487	Central Bank Head: Mongolia Not Threatened by Asian Market [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to Bank of Mongolia (BOM) Governor A. Batsukh, Mongolia's exposure to turbulence in Asian markets is low, but he fears that recent moves by the US Fed could adversely affect the country's foreign currency reserves. He believes competition in the banking sector will hel [...]	2007-08-27 15:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN ECON PREL EAID EMIN SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR489	Mongolia's Muslim Minority Reaches Out [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite dismal economic conditions, leaders of Mongolia's Muslim/Kazakh minority in the western province of Bayan Ulgii dismiss fears of Islamic radicalism taking root within their ranks, and say they feel no undue pressure from far-off Ulaanbaatar, even though they are under con [...]	2007-08-28 05:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD PGOV ECON PHUM PINR MG
07ULAANBAATAR494	Mongolia's President Visits Kazakhstan, Bolsters Ties [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolian President Enkhbayar's August 13-15 visit to Kazakhstan produced several cooperative agreements, firmed up already solid bilateral relations, and convinced at least some of the visiting Mongolians that development through authoritarianism is undesirable. One agreement, [...]	2007-08-29 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG KZ
07ULAANBAATAR499	Meeting with Mongolian Deputy Minister of Trade and [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mongolia's Vice Minister for Industry and Trade, Sodbaatar, met with DCM on August 24 to discuss a number of issues, including cooperation on the U.S.-Mongolia trade relationship through the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) process, which the GOM hopes will lead qu [...]	2007-08-31 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN ETRD PREL PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR507	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR508	Mongolian Mining Exec: Promise, Peril Surround Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador discussed Mongolia's promising but politically-charged mining sector on September 4 with Dashdorj Zorigt, CEO of Erdenes MGL, a new mining-asset holding company that is state-owned. Over an informal dinner, discussion flowed on the status and future of Erdenes (EM [...]	2007-09-07 08:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL PGOV ELTN MG
07ULAANBAATAR51	Indoor Air Pollution in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: While indoor air pollution (IAP) is certainly a problem in Mongolia, there are no major donor or government initiatives underway at this time to address it as a separate issue. Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, suffers from extreme air pollution from coal smoke emitted from combined [...]	2007-01-30 08:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV ENRG EAID PGOV AMGT AMED MG
07ULAANBAATAR512	MONGOLIAN GOVT SUMMONS AMBASSADOR, SEEKS CLARITY [...] (C) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The Mongolian Government summoned the Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for a September 10 meeting and asked for a formal USG response to the GOM's request for a specific date for the proposed October summit between Presidents Bush and Enkhbayar. M [...]	2007-09-10 07:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR551	GOM REQUESTS EXPANDED MILAIR SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST: Foreign Minister Enkhbold summoned the Ambassador to a meeting at Government House on September 27 to discuss further details of President Enkhbayar's upcoming travel to the United States, October 22 through 29, 2007. The President's preliminary itinerary now re [...]	2007-09-27 13:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR56	MONGOLIA NONCOMMITTAL ON 8TH ROTATION IN IRAQ [...] (S) Summary: In meetings this week, visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged that Mongolia send a full 8th rotation of soldiers to provide force protection to Polish troops in Iraq. In response, Foreign Minister Enkhbold noted the government's earlier decision to red [...]	2007-02-01 06:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL PGOV MG IZ PL
07ULAANBAATAR57	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: MONGOLIA DOES NOT INTEND [...] No summary [...]	2007-02-01 07:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNHRC MG
07ULAANBAATAR570	JAPANESE AMBASSADOR ON MONGOLIAN POLITICS, DPRK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 3 meeting with the Ambassador, Japanese Ambassador Ichihashi said Mongolia's ruling party, the MPRP, is "looking desperate" and could well lose next year's general election. The Japanese envoy also shared details of the recent Japan-DPRK talks in Ulaanbaatar, and a [...]	2007-10-05 08:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR587	GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA WELCOMES DOE PROPOSAL FOR PURSUING [...] S. Enkhbat, Vice Chairman of the Nuclear Energy Commission of Mongolia, has said he welcomes overtures by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE),National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to discuss possible areas of cooperation on securing sealed radioactive sources. He also looks forward [...]	2007-10-16 02:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC KOLY MG PARM KNNP TRGY
07ULAANBAATAR598	AS MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT HEADS TO WASHINGTON, [...] (C) SUMMARY: As Mongolian President Enkhbayar prepares to depart for an October 22 summit with President Bush, a fierce power struggle continues to rage within his ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),the former communist party. With the party's approval rating at less than 3 [...]	2007-10-18 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR599	WE'RE TALKIN' TRASH: MONGOLIA TACKLES A MOUNTING SOLID [...] SUMMARY. As Mongolia evolves into a consumerist, disposable society, its cities are increasingly becoming overrun by mounting piles of trash and other solid waste. Garbage sometimes goes uncollected for months, especially in impoverished ger (yurt) districts, and Ulaanbaatar's single landfill [...]	2007-10-19 06:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SENV PGOV SOCI EAID BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR602	CHINA WELCOMES WESTERN INVESTMENT IN MONGOLIAN MINING BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mr. Chen Shan, Economics professor at CASS, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told visiting Ulaanbaatar Econ/Coml Chief that China welcomes western involvement in Mongolia's mining sector but says anti-foreign (read: anti-Chinese?) sentiment is forcing the Chinese to rethin [...]	2007-10-22 06:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR603	WASTING WASTE: MONGOLIA SLOWLY LEARNS TO LOVE RECYCLING. [...] No summary [...]	2007-10-22 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON SENV PGOV SOCI BTIO MG
07ULAANBAATAR615	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post informed the Government of Mongolia in an October 26 demarche of the USG's designation of several Iranian entities, individuals and banks for their support of terrorism and on proliferation grounds. Post urged the GOM to take parallel steps, to prevent the facilitation o [...]	2007-10-26 06:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR619	BAYAR UPSETS PM ENKHBOLD TO LEAD MONGOLIA'S RULING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The 24th Congress of the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) unexpectedly produced a new party leader on October 27: Bayar, who defeated incumbent MPRP Chairman and Prime Minister Enkhbold in a secret-ballot vote. Bayar, an English-speaking, Russian-educated MPRP [...]	2007-10-29 08:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR620	MONGOLIA'S MEGA-FISH IN FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In Mongolia the taimen, a giant member of the salmon family and a prized catch for sport fishermen, is becoming increasingly rare and facing a number of threats. This was underlined October 17 at a taimen conservation conference in Ulaanbaatar. Hucho Taimen (aka Siberian taimen [...]	2007-10-30 07:03:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV KGHG PGOV ECON EAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR622	PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR VERY PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS OF [...] (SBU) President Enkhbayar told the Charge' he was very pleased with the results of his October 22-30 visit to the U.S. and particularly his meetings with President Bush and other senior USG officials as well as the historic signing of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Account Compact. Enkhbayar [...]	2007-11-01 00:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PGOV SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR630	WILL MONGOLIA EXPROPRIATE URANIUM MINING RIGHTS? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An internal report by Mongolia's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) (protect) on the future of uranium mining and processing in the country suggests that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) intends to revoke uranium exploration and mining rights from current holders. The report [...]	2007-11-06 00:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN ENRG PREL KNNP TRGY PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR637	MONGOLIA'S INCOMING PM OUTLINES NEW GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's ruling party chief Bayar, who is almost certain to become Prime Minister this month, indicated in a November 6 meeting with the Ambassador that he is "fully committed" to continuing Mongolian participation in the Iraq Coalition. Bayar, elected Chairman of the ruling Mon [...]	2007-11-07 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR642	Snapshot of Mongolia's North Central Selenge Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's central northern Selenge aimag (province) hopes to develop mining, agricultural production and tourism. Selenge has generally good relations with its Russian neighbor, but the Russians remain bureaucratic and uncooperative in facilitating border crossing. During the [...]	2007-11-13 08:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EMIN ETRD PREL SOCI MG RU CM
07ULAANBAATAR652	DEEP IN GOBI DESERT, NO-FRILLS COAL MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Emboffs accompanied Peabody Energy geologists on a helicopter trip deep into Mongolia's Gobi desert on November 2 to reconnoiter the Little Tavan Tolgoi (LTT) coal mine, a rudimentary facility that has warmed Mongolians for 41 years. LTT is part of the larger Tavan Tolgoi (TT) d [...]	2007-11-19 08:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD MG
07ULAANBAATAR655	MONGOLIA SET TO BACK U.S. CANDIDATE IN UN CERD VOTE [...] (SBU) In response to a demarche (reftel) delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 21 that Mongolia "will be in a position to support" the re-election of the U.S. candidate, Mr. Pierre-Richard Prosper, to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial [...]	2007-11-21 08:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA PHUM KAWC MG
07ULAANBAATAR658	BAYAR VOTED IN AS MONGOLIAN MP, TAKES AIM AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Mongolia's Parliament elected S.Bayar as Prime Minister on November 22, with 67 of 69 MPs present voting in support. Bayar, an English-speaking former diplomat who leads the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP),accepted the Seal of Government and sai [...]	2007-11-23 09:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR665	MONGOLIA ON ANTI-ISRAEL UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] (SBU) In response to reftel demarche delivered by Post, the Mongolian Foreign Ministry informed us on November 29 that Mongolia will likely absent itself from votes on two upcoming anti-Israel UNGA resolutions and abstain on a third. G.Batjargal, Counselor of the MFA's Multilateral Cooperation [...]	2007-11-29 08:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL UNGA KPAL KBCT KMPI PHUM IS MG
07ULAANBAATAR666	DEATH OF MONGOLIAN PEACEKEEPER IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) A Mongolian peacekeeper, 21-year old Private B. Mungonshagai, died November 20 in Sierra Leone, reportedly of tuberculosis. He was one of 250 Mongolian peacekeepers guarding the war crimes tribunal. (Note: Mongolia also has forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.) Mungonshagai's remains arriv [...]	2007-11-29 09:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL KPKO PGOV EAID MG SL
07ULAANBAATAR670	HIV/AIDS in Mongolia: Crisis in the Making? [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia retains its reputation as a country with a low rate of HIV infection, but testing among at-risk populations remains at a low level, and experts fear that official figures do not tell the whole story. To date 41 HIV/AIDS cases have been officially recorded (involving 35 M [...]	2007-11-30 09:05:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV PINR PREL MG KHIV
07ULAANBAATAR679	MONGOLIANS BELIEVE CLIMATE CHANGE WREAKS HAVOC ON MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Far from being a theoretical problem, climate change is battering Mongolia's environment and eco-systems, with consequences far beyond its own borders. This is a commonly held view nation-wide and across the social, economic and political spectrum -- from the President to nomadi [...]	2007-12-06 02:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV ENRG ECON PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR681	SURVEY OF MONGOLIA'S IRAQ DEPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Per reftel, Post has assessed requirements that the Mongolian Government (GOM) would have to meet in order to deploy troops to Iraq, in various scenarios. Mongolia could not legally participate in Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) under any of the four scenarios set forth in reftel. [...]	2007-12-07 09:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV IR MG
07ULAANBAATAR686	Mongolia Experiences Highest Inflation in over a Decade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia is experiencing its highest inflation rate in over a decade as consumer prices have so far risen 14% in 2007 largely due to skyrocketing fuel, wheat and meat costs. Prices for gasoline, taxi fares, flour and even the national dish huushuur (fried meat dumplings) have do [...]	2007-12-12 04:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
07ULAANBAATAR692	MONGOLIA URGED TO GET SERIOUS ON DEFORESTATION [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia has lost more than 10% of its forests since 1990, according to Government of Mongolia (GOM) reports, and the problem is getting worse. Fires, illegal logging, forest mismanagement and other factors are threatening important ecosystems and wildlife. Past efforts by the GOM to [...]	2007-12-14 07:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV EAGR ENRG PGOV ECON PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR693	IOM'S ENGAGEMENT WITH MONGOLIA INCREASING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charles Harns, Regional Representative for the International Organization for Migration (IOM),called on the DCM and E/P Chief on December 13, described IOM's increasing activity in Mongolia and said the country had informed the IOM of its intention to join the organization in Jun [...]	2007-12-14 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM ECON MG KN
07ULAANBAATAR694	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT "SUPPORTIVE" OF REQUEST FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on Mongolian President N.Enkhbayar on December 14 and conveyed formal POTUS and SecState requests (reftels) that Mongolia deploy a ninth rotation of troops to Iraq. President Enkhbayar replied in a positive manner, noting that he would take the request to the [...]	2007-12-14 10:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON MG
07ULAANBAATAR695	UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR IN MONGOLIA [...] Per reftel, Post provides the following information on whether Mongolia, eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) program, is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, as required under the Trade and Development A [...]	2007-12-17 01:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID MG
07ULAANBAATAR696	Asbestos-Coated Heating Pipes, Construction Materials A [...] Asbestos and cement covered pipes that make up Ulaanbaatar's aged and decaying centralized heating system may constitute a significant unidentified health risk. Of the 286 kilometers of heating pipes that snake through the city, estimates indicate 91% are coated with asbestos-cement insulatio [...]	2007-12-17 08:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON ENRG SENV EFIN SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR698	MONGOLIAN PM BAYAR INTRODUCES NEW CABINET TO RESIDENT [...] (SBU) Prime Minister S.Bayar invited the resident diplomatic corps and international-organization representatives to meet his newly installed Cabinet December 17 at Government House. The Czech Ambassador, as dean of the diplomatic corps, began the hour-long event by offering congratulations to [...]	2007-12-18 00:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
07ULAANBAATAR703	MONGOLIA'S NEW CABINET: THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY [...] (S) This cable provides analysis of the new 16-member Cabinet of Mongolian Prime Minister S.Bayar and identifies the Ministers' strengths, weaknesses, likely objectives and challenges. A separate cable will follow on the balance of power in Parliament and political parties' prospects for succ [...]	2007-12-20 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR ECON SENV KCOR SOCI PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR704	COUGH, COUGH: DONORS ENERGIZED AS ULAANBAATAR'S AIR [...] SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: World Bank Mongolia Director Arshad asked a gathering of diplomatic corps and other partners December 18 to review proposals to address Ulaanbaatar's growing air pollution problem. The pollution topic was added to the agenda of a preparatory discussion for the January [...]	2007-12-21 00:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR712	Ambassador Meets New Minister of Industry and Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Newly appointed Minister of Industry and Trade Kh. Narankhuu told the Ambassador, during an initial courtesy call December 21, that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) hopes to conclude one or both of the two major mining projects under consideration (Oyu Tolgoi and Tavan Tolgoi) ov [...]	2007-12-27 00:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON SENV MARR PGOV KMCA MG
07ULAANBAATAR80	Enough is Enough: Firms Complain Mining License Freeze [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In the wake of Mongolia's new 2006 Minerals Law, foreign and domestic mining firms report considerable disarray in the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) regulatory apparatus. At this point, industry insiders tell us that GOM processing of exploration and mining licenses [...]	2007-02-07 05:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR83	COALITION GOVERNMENT GETS A BIT WOBBLY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Parliament's February 6 vote to sack Minister for Industry and Trade Jargalsaikhan (septel) was the latest sign of turmoil for the year-old "Government of National Unity," which has begun to wobble considerably since the start of 2007. Public and private criticism of the govern [...]	2007-02-07 09:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR MARR EMIN MG
07ULAANBAATAR85	Parliament Fires Controversial Trade Minister [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 6, the State Great Hural (SGH, Mongolia's parliament) voted to sack controversial Minister of Industry and Trade B. Jargalsaikhan. Although many in and out of government -- particularly in the mining community -- greeted the ex-minister's dismissal with unconcealed g [...]	2007-02-07 22:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07ULAANBAATAR86	Mongolia Privatizes 16 Industries in 2006 [...] SUMMARY: Of the 22 state-owned enterprises (SOE) put up for sale by the GOM last year, 16 were successfully privatized, while 6 failed to find qualified buyers. Sales brought in an estimated US$26 million. Th% tdjtdr"xocess paN02enitivnyQqmoth\|9 i&QmgSt cc3Ea.Q Af\|er`4`l`Bcmth` c4ih(p;Q:s;QkDQ [...]	2007-02-07 22:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV EIND PGOV KPRV EFIN PREL MG
07ULAANBAATAR89	MCC Official Briefs on Hope for Late 2007 Compact [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Europe, Asia, and Pacific Managing Director Frances Reid visited Ulaanbaatar January 31 to February 3. During her meetings with Prime Minister Enkhbold, Finance Minister Bayarsaikhan, and MCC Mongolia's National Council (NC) and [...]	2007-02-08 23:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL EINV ECON PGOV MG
07ULAANBAATAR91	Financial "Mongol-Philia": An Investment Debutante Emerges [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia has recently become a minor investment "phenom" among the Pacific Rim investment community. One local bank has gone from being unable to get long-term debt-financing to having access to more than it can use, for example. The odd handful of Mongolian IPO's a [...]	2007-02-12 08:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
07USUNNEWYORK1209	62ND UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 62nd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) Support from East Asian and Pacific Island (EAP) countries was essential for achieving U.S. objectives in this 62nd UN [...]	2007-12-26 16:13:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08ALGIERS921	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 10:37:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV MG AG
08ALGIERS922	ALGERIA SPEAKS OUT ON MAURITANIA COUP [...] (U) MFA Minister-Delegate for Maghreb and African Affairs Abdelkhader Messahel (U/S equivalent) met with Mauritanian Special Envoy General Mohamed Ould Cheikh Mohamed Ahmed during an August 13 meeting in which the General passed a letter from coup leader General Abdelaziz addressed to Presiden [...]	2008-08-20 11:38:00	Embassy Algiers	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV MG AG
08BEIJING1294	MONGOLIAN FOREIGN MINISTER OYUN VISITS CHINA MARCH [...] (C) Mongolian Foreign Minster Sanjaasuren Oyun's March 24-28 visit to China resulted in PRC assent to open a Mongolian consulate in Shanghai, transfer prisoners from southern China to Inner Mongolia and support Mongolia's inclusion in APEC. FM Oyun also sought China's support for Mongolia's i [...]	2008-04-07 11:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL CH MG
08BEIJING2179	JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...]	2008-06-05 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA
08BEIJING2987	IRANIAN SCO MEMBERSHIP LOOKS UNLIKELY, SAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sources at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretariat, Chinese MFA and Russian Embassy told PolOff separately that it is unlikely Iran will join the SCO in the near future. Rather than adding new members, the SCO intends to have "dialogue partners" to promote cooper [...]	2008-08-01 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS CH IN IR MG PK RS
08HONGKONG255	TIP, MONEY LAUNDERING, PROTECTING AMCITS: CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a productive and friendly meeting January 29 with Macau's chief executive, Edmund Ho, Consul General Cunningham received positive initial reactions to our plans to expand contacts with the growing American community there and to strengthen liaison with the Macau government to e [...]	2008-02-11 02:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08HONGKONG259	PRC CENTRAL GOVERNMENT COMFORTABLE WITH U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: PRC Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner to Macau Wan Yongxiang told Consul General Cunningham on January 30 that Beijing was comfortable with the rapid rise of U.S. and other foreign investment in Macau's gaming and tourism industry and, despite some stresses as Macau society [...]	2008-02-12 08:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	KCRM SMIG SOCI PGOV PHUM CACS CH MC MG HK
08JAKARTA1115	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- ELECTION [...] (C) On June 4 Umar Hadi, Director for Public Diplomacy at the Department of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU),told DepPol/C that the GOI had still not decided whether it would send participants to Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and Election Observation Meeting (EOM) in Mongolia in late June. [...]	2008-06-06 09:03:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA1232	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- INDONESIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI will consider sending an "observer" to the upcoming Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) meeting in Seoul, a senior Indonesian diplomat told Paul Lettow of the NSC, Daniel Twining of the Department's Policy Planning Staff and DepPol/C on June 11. Meanwhile, two Ind [...]	2008-06-24 09:09:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA1970	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY INITIATIVE -- SENIOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia confirmed on October 24 that a senior diplomat will attend the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership initiative (APDP) meeting in Seoul on October 31. Ms. Artauli Tobing, Director General for Policy Planning and Development at the Department of Foreign Affairs (Deplu) wil [...]	2008-10-24 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA2170	BALI DEMOCRACY FORUM: MORE DETAILS [...] (C) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Bali Democracy Forum will be attended by approximately 28 participants from Asia and the Middle East, including four heads of state, plus several observers from Europe and the Americas. Burma is sending a deputy minister. Iran and North Korea are not attending. Inv [...]	2008-11-25 11:12:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID MG
08JAKARTA970	ASIA-PACIFIC DEMOCRACY PARTNERSHIP -- GOI [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Paras 6-7. 2. (C) SUMMARY: DepPol/C reviewed the latest points related to the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) with a high-level GOI contact on May 15. Our contact confirmed that Indonesia would carefully consider the proposal to send [...]	2008-05-15 07:56:00	Embassy Jakarta	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM ID PHUM MG
08SEOUL9	REGIONAL APPROACH TO ENERGY COOPERATION IN NORTHEAST ASIA [...] (U) SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Korea hosted a meeting of the Senior Officials Committee on Energy Cooperation in North-East Asia (SOC) on Jeju Island, December 13-14. The group approved efforts spearheaded by South Korea to produce a set of energy outlook repor [...]	2008-01-02 06:23:00	Embassy Seoul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL ESCAP ZO RS MG JA KN KS
08STATE18041	SUBJECT: FORMAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE [...] Action Requests: OES apologizes for this short- fuse request. We have only just learned that Mongolia is interested in attending WIREC and given that the conference is now less than two weeks away, and the delegates will need to make their travel arrangements urgently, we are asking post t [...]	2008-02-22 16:18:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID ENRG EPET KGHG KPAO KSCA OPDC SENV SOCI TRGY MG
08TOKYO1258	JAPAN WOULD LIKE ITEMIZED BUDGET FOR APDP ELECTION [...] (U) This message contains an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Embassy Tokyo Political Officer delivered Ref A demarche May 7 to Asian and Oceanian Affairs Regional Policy Division Principal Deputy Director Keiichi Hara. Hara said Japan would need to see an itemized budget [...]	2008-05-09 05:14:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM JA MG
08TOKYO2186	REES-CAMPONOVO JAPAN MEETINGS ON APDP AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: Strengthening and expanding the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) initiative will help achieve the shared goals of the United States and Japan of promoting universal values, human rights, and democracy in Asia, Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees and DRL Senior Advisor Christoph [...]	2008-08-08 08:25:00	Embassy Tokyo	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MG IR KN BM JA
08ULAANBAATAR11	Trains, Planes and Congressional Exchanges: Ambassador [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 4, the Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call on new Minister of Roads, Transportation and Tourism R. Rash. During the cordial hour-long meeting, Rash emphasized the importance of the rail sector to the country's economy and the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) C [...]	2008-01-08 06:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELTN EAIR PREL ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR110	TURF BATTLES HINDER MONGOLIAN EFFORT TO REACH TRANSPARENCY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Turf battles between Mongolian ministries have slowed preparations for a series of digital videoconferences on a US-Mongolia Transparency Agreement, but progress has been made and Mongolia hopes to start such conferences in late March. D. Munkhjargal, a senior official of the Mo [...]	2008-03-12 22:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR116	IMF: 17% INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC STABILITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF Article IV Consultation mission that visited Ulaanbaatar last week, Mongolia's macroeconomic stability is threatened by rapidly rising inflation, measured at 17% in January and climbing. Prices are being pushed upward by increased government spending, rapid [...]	2008-03-17 01:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR118	MPs Buying Votes by Nationalizing Mongolia's "Strategic" [...] SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Mongolia's Parliament and Prime Minister S. Bayar's administration have, in post's view and that of western mining firms, embraced a decidedly anti-business set of mining amendments, likely to be passed during an upcoming recess session of Parliament. The amendments are po [...]	2008-03-19 23:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR124	MFA STATE SECRETARY BEKHBAT PREVIEWS TRIPS BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Secretary (and soon to be Ambassador to the U.S.) of Mongolia's Foreign Ministry, Kh. Bekhbat, told the Ambassador that President N. Enkhbayar will attend a business forum on the Chinese island of Hainan in April and head to New York in October to attend the UN General A [...]	2008-03-21 08:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ECON SOCI MG

08ULAANBAATAR125	MONGOLIA ON TIBET AND TAIWAN: WE SUPPORT THE ONE-CHINA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mongolian Government on March 20 issued a statement reiterating its adherence to the "one China" policy and expressed regret over the "chaotic situation" in Tibet. In recent days, some Mongolians have expressed solidarity with the people of Tibet, but no formal gatherings fo [...]	2008-03-21 08:56:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KOLY MG
08ULAANBAATAR126	DG THOMAS VISITS MONGOLIA MARCH 18-19 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of a multi-stop tour of the EAP region, Director General Ambassador Harry Thomas and James Forbes, Office Director, HR/ER, visited Ulaanbaatar March 18-19. While in Ulaanbaatar, Ambassador Thomas met with the Ambassador and DCM, the Management section, Entry-Level Officer [...]	2008-03-21 09:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AMGT PREL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR128	TB Rates Climbing in Mongolia [...] SUMMARY: Mongolia's tuberculosis rate has steadily risen since the early 1990s, in spite of government efforts to contain its spread. Statistics show an increase of 177% since 1991. Health officials concede that a steady climb in case numbers make meeting Millennium Development Goals to revers [...]	2008-03-24 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KHIV EAID SOCI PGOV PHUM PINR PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR13	Poisoned Vodka Continues to Plague Mongolia [...] (SBU) As of January 9, 2008, the death toll from the New Year's holiday episode (reftel) has risen from 11 to 14 people and over 70 remain hospitalized out of the 130-plus persons affected by drinking methanol-tainted vodkas produced by "Aziin Chono" or Asian Wolf (AW) Company. Six local polic [...]	2008-01-10 00:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG
08ULAANBAATAR136	MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION PARTY STALLS PARLIAMENT'S MINING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A recess session of Mongolia's Parliament on key amendments to the Law on Mineral Resources was over almost as soon as it began on March 25, with the opposition Democratic Party (DP) effectively postponing debate. Minutes after the start of the session, the (DP) chief of the Sta [...]	2008-03-27 07:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR138	BABY STEPS FOR MONGOLIA'S FIU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Government of Mongolia's (GOM) effort to establish an effective Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU),as required under the nation's first Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism legislation (AML/CFT) passed in July 2006, has been slow going, but there hav [...]	2008-03-28 04:50:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN PTER ECON PREL SCUL SNAR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR149	MCA-Mongolia Holds First Board Meeting, Approves Documents, [...] Prime Minister S. Bayar, the Chairman of Millennium Challenge Account - Mongolia's (MCA-M) Board of Directors, convened the first ever full-scale board mlevig!tje orn`ne ofhEprm\|!Q> Inqd`itIo. po!he@E(0`n!Biv0QiniSveRaHr&br!b"cJqlO3,y(,V! nyov2QMkC=u43sqQmQaf2QFpJ`v$l5}6cX?t,L(/LQ W[mhuOQ&-Qor t [...]	2008-04-03 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL EINV EON PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR15	Visiting Canadian Trade Minister Advises Against State [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canadian International Trade Minister David Emerson's 24 hour visit to Mongolia, the first by a Canadian Minister in over 10 years, included meetings with President N. Enkhbayar, Prime Minister S. Bayar, Foreign Minister Oyun, and his counterpart at the Ministry of Industry and T [...]	2008-01-11 08:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08ULAANBAATAR150	MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION PARTY LEADER EVALUATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Democratic Party Chairman Ts. Elbegdorj, the head of Mongolia's biggest opposition force, told the Ambassador on April 1 that differences remain within his party over how best to develop Mongolia's mineral resources, despite a March 12 announcement by Elbegdorj and Prime Minister [...]	2008-04-04 03:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EMIN ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR153	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT URGES ACTION ON MINING AS PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 7 address to Mongolia's Parliament on the opening day of its spring session, President N. Enkhbayar called on lawmakers to act swiftly on mining legislation, and said indecision is costing the country opportunities for investment and development. In a 25-minute speec [...]	2008-04-08 06:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ECON KCOR KNNP KDEM MG
08ULAANBAATAR159	(C) MFA, GIA REPS SAY MONGOLIA WON'T DEPORT DPRK [...] (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Senior officials of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA),in separate early-April meetings, offered somewhat divergent views on a number of DPRK refugee-related issues, but both denied that the Mongolian Government has cha [...]	2008-04-11 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREF SMIG PREL KMCA PHUM PINR MG
08ULAANBAATAR16	MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU DECEMBER 2007 [...] There have been no suspected outbreaks of H5N1 in Mongolia's wild waterfowl and poultry. There have been no transmissions to humans. The ban on importing poultry products from China remains in place. Also, the ban does not include poultry products from third countries imported through Russia an [...]	2008-01-14 00:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR17	For Mongolia's Green Party, Hope Springs Eternal [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Green Party hopes for a political resurrection in upcoming parliamentary elections, after more than 15 years of disappointments. The party's new co-chair, successful businessman Dr. D. Enkhbat, feels the Greens could finally benefit from widespread anger at the major [...]	2008-01-14 06:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON EAID SOCI SENV MG
08ULAANBAATAR170	PREPARATIONS PROCEEDING FOR MONGOLIAN PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) Mongolia's General Election Commission (GEC) indicated on April 21 that its preparations for the June 29 Parliamentary elections are coming along smoothly, and announced that registered voters can now look up their registration information at the Commission's website. Post confirmed that [...]	2008-04-21 08:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR174	MONGOLIA'S KHENTII PROVINCE: ONE FOR THE ROAD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's eastern Khentii province, proud birthplace of Chinggis Khan, is developing rapidly, with new hotels and restaurants, plans to become a tourist destination, and a soon-to-be-completed road linking the provincial capital, Undurhkaan, with Ulaanbaatar. Electrification ha [...]	2008-04-23 08:34:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM ENRG KWMN MG
08ULAANBAATAR177	IN MONGOLIA, THOUSANDS DEMONSTRATE AGAINST HIGH FOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sharply rising prices for staple foods prompted approximately 4,000 demonstrators to take to the streets April 18 in the heart of Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar. Led by the National Confederation of Mongolian Trade Unions, protestors demanded 40-50% price cuts for bread and flo [...]	2008-04-24 08:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM EAGR MG
08ULAANBAATAR182	UNHCR REP: MONGOLIA WILL NOT/NOT FORCE REFUGEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNHCR's Regional Rep for China and Mongolia, Veerapong Vongvarotai, visited the Embassy on April 24 and said UNHCR has appealed to the South Korean Government to reconsider its refusal to admit three North Korean refugees currently in Mongolia. Veerapong said it is "not possible" [...]	2008-04-25 08:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV ECON EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR190	2008 TRENDS IN MONGOLIAN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Generally, the Government of Mongolia and relevant agencies make good-faith efforts to enforce Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). However, gaps in enforcement of IPR rights in relation to optical media, software, and certain treaty obligations exist, due to political pressure f [...]	2008-04-28 02:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECON PGOV MG KIPR
08ULAANBAATAR191	2008 US-Mongolia TIFA, Report I: Progress on Transparency [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia and the United States held their fourth annual Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Talks on February 4, with the Mongolian side continuing its push for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (AUSTR) Tim Stratford explained that wh [...]	2008-04-28 02:21:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR192	MONGOLIAN PRESS MOSTLY OR "PARTLY FREE," BUT FEELING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Mongolian media are "partly free," according to the latest Freedom House report, citing cases of intimidation of the press and the selective use of defamation lawsuits for this judgment. They note that these abuses present an obstacle to Mongolia's continuing demo [...]	2008-04-28 07:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR193	FBI AGENTS SUCCESSFULLY TRAIN MONGOLIAN CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three FBI Special Agents carried out a successful week-long training session in Ulaanbaatar March 24 to 28 for 30 criminal investigators from the Mongolian National Police Agency (MNPA) and the Independent Authority Against Corruption (IAAC). Beijing-based Legal Attach Hendershot [...]	2008-04-29 04:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC PREL EFIN KCOR PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR198	Mongolia's Southwest Part 2 of 3: Gobi Altai: Vast, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Charge's April 21-23 visit to Gobi Altai province, Vice Governor Erdenbat said the province's future hopes include food processing, especially canned beef for Russia, light industry (once the nearby hydropower plant comes online this summer),tourism, and mining. On [...]	2008-05-01 03:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV ECON SENV PREL EMIN SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR2	Mongolia's Coal: Dispelling That Old Black Magic [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. A few Mongolian officials claim that Mongolia's coal deposits stretch west to east in an unbroken (and unsubstantiated) 170-billion ton belt of untapped hydrocarbon wonder. However, Western firms actively prospecting for both thermal and coking coal argue that Mongolia's coal re [...]	2008-01-02 06:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL ELTN ETRD MG
08ULAANBAATAR202	JAPANESE EMBOFFS EXCHANGE VIEWS ON RECENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Japanese DCM Kobayashi met with the Charge on May 1 for an exchange of views across the full array of Mongolian domestic and bilateral issues. On Mongolia,s June 29 Parliamentary elections, Japan believes that the post-election Parliament will look a lot like it does at present. [...]	2008-05-01 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG KCOR ECON MG JP KN KS
08ULAANBAATAR204	MONGOLIA UNLIKELY TO SEEK SEAT ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-02 06:42:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNHCR EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR205	IMPACT OF RISING FOOD/AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY [...] (SBU) 1. SUMMARY: Prices of Mongolia's chief staples have risen more than 33% over the last year, with flour spiking nearly 45% year-on-year. As most of these staples are imported, Mongolia has suffered from inflation related to rising energy and related transport costs. Other factors exacerb [...]	2008-05-02 07:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR206	APDP MONGOLIAN ELECTION OBSERVATION MISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Post visited Mongolia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on May 2 to discuss the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP) and its proposal to send an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Mongolia for its Parliamentary elections, tentatively scheduled for June 29. MF [...]	2008-05-02 09:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EAID MG JA AS KS CA
08ULAANBAATAR209	Mongolia's Southwest Part 3 of 3: Bayanhongor Pins Hopes [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Charge visited Bayanhongor province April 23/24 on the third and final stop of a three city swing through southwestern Mongolia. The province is home to 90,000 people, of whom 28,000 live in the provincial capital, of the same name. The province depends on herding and agricult [...]	2008-05-06 08:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV EAGR SENV PREL KDEM EMIN SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR219	MONGOLIA'S ACTIVE CAMPAIGN SEASON OPENS "OFFICIALLY"; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The campaign season formally opened on May 14 for Mongolia's Parliamentary elections, and the independent General Election Commission (GEC) confirmed that the elections would be held on June 29. Up for grabs are all 76 seats in Parliament; a close contest is expected between the [...]	2008-05-14 10:32:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR221	MONGOLIAN PM'S PLAN TO LOWER GAS PRICES BACKFIRES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: In an effort to bolster his party's prospects in the run-up to June 29 Parliamentary elections, Mongolian Prime Minister Bayar embraced a plan to keep gas prices under control by allowing a Russian oil giant to set up 100 gas stations throughout Mongolia. The plan ha [...]	2008-05-16 01:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV KPKO MG
08ULAANBAATAR226	MONGOLIAN MILITARY WELCOMES RUSSIAN HARDWARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest sign of closer relations between Mongolia and Russia, the Mongolian Armed Forces have reorganized their Peace Support Battalion (PSB) structure to reflect the planned arrival, starting in 2009, of at least 40 Russian BRT-80 armored personnel carriers. The diesel-pow [...]	2008-05-19 02:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MASS PREL KPKO MARR MOPS PGOV ECON MG RU
08ULAANBAATAR227	EMBASSY SUPPORTS PEABODY IN MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT, PM; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Peabody Energy President for Northeast Asia, accompanied by the Charge and Peabody reps, met separately with Prime Minister Bayar on May 8 and President Enkhbayar on May 9. They underscored Peabody's continued interest in doing business in Mongolia and delivered draft r [...]	2008-05-19 09:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR234	MONGOLIA LAUNCHES FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Calling 2008 the "Year of Food Supply and Safety," the Mongolian Government has launched a new program to improve food-handling procedures, raise awareness of food-quality issues, and decrease the country's dependence on imported food. The program, which comes in response to sky [...]	2008-05-22 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON SENV PGOV EAGR SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR243	OPPOSITION LEADER ELBEGDORG TO PEABODY ENERGY: NO POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Peabody Energy's President for Northeast Asia, Mr. Tahir Tayeb, along with Peabody reps and Econoff, met on May 9 with the leader of Mongolia's opposition Democratic Party, Ts. Elbegdorj, and shared a copy of Peabody's draft study of recommendations for a framework for the development of [...]	2008-05-27 22:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EMIN EINV PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR244	POSITIVE REACTION TO PRESIDENT'S GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY [...] (U) Post met May 27 with the Mongolian Food and Agriculture Ministry's State Secretary, N. Batsuuri, to solicit his reaction to previously provided points on the President's Global Food Security Initiative (ref A) and to relay Administration's efforts to urge food-exporting countries to remove [...]	2008-05-28 00:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD EAGR PGOV EAID ECON TBIO PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR262	A BAD AIR DAY: ULAANBAATAR STRUGGLES TO BREATHE AS AIR [...] SUMMARY: Residents of Ulaanbaatar suffer from air pollution that is among the world's worst - comparable in airborne particulate matter to Beijing or Cairo. Much of the problem stems from garbage-burning and dust from coal-burning stoves at the city's rapidly growing ger districts. Heating and [...]	2008-06-03 07:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR263	NO EVIDENCE OF WIDESPREAD FORCED LABOR OR CHILD LABOR IN [...] SUMMARY: There is no evidence of significant or widespread forced labor or child labor in the production of goods in Mongolia, although anecdotal evidence suggests the practice may exist to a limited extent within artisanal mining communities. Out of economic necessity, children and adults o [...]	2008-06-03 07:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM EIND ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR264	MONGOLIA ADDS NEW AIR CORRIDORS, CASHES IN ON AMPLE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Civil Aviation Authority (MCAA) has added three new air corridors and entry/exit points to accommodate 30% annual increases in air traffic and the expected 40% spike in flyovers during the Beijing Olympics. Approximately 200 flights pass over Mongolia each day (30 ori [...]	2008-06-04 21:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON AMGT MG
08ULAANBAATAR275	DAS CHRISTENSEN VISITS MONGOLIA; DAYS LATER, NSC [...] (C) SUMMARY: EAP DAS Christensen, accompanied by the Ambassador, met May 29 with Mongolia's President, Speaker of Parliament, Minister of Industry and Trade, and Vice Defense Minister to discuss Mongolia's role in Iraq and Afghanistan and mining sector developments, among other issues. Christe [...]	2008-06-10 08:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PGOV ECON SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR276	FINANCE MINISTER OUTLINES INFLATION GOALS, TACTICS; DONORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 15, Finance Minister Ulaan outlined the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) assessment of the growing inflation problem, Mongolia's worst since 1996. He outlined the GOM's responses to higher petroleum, meat, and flour prices. The following week, in response to a GOM request, [...]	2008-06-11 00:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR282	NGO Reports 1/3 of Mongolia's Urban Households Lack Access [...] SUMMARY: A recent Mercy Corps study has found that one third of Mongolia's urban households are "food insecure," meaning they do not have access to enough sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs. Poverty and unemployment are key contributing factors. Residents of prov [...]	2008-06-12 09:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EAGR PGOV SOCI EAID ETRD ECON PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR283	Mongolia Considers Abstaining on Major Votes at June IWC [...] (SBU) Econoff met with Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affair's Law & Treaty Department S. Gankhuyag on June 12 to deliver specified talking points listed in reftel on USG priorities for the International Whaling Commission's 2008 annual meeting (June 23-27; Santiago, Chile). Ganhuy [...]	2008-06-12 09:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EFIS KSCA PREL IWC ETRD MG
08ULAANBAATAR285	OUT OF STEPPE: DISABLED MONGOLIANS STRUGGLE TO INTEGRATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Disabled Mongolians face serious obstacles to full participation in society, despite advances in special education and societal awareness. Many of these obstacles are infrastructure-related. The elation that many disabled Mongolians felt in August 2007, when Parliament passed n [...]	2008-06-13 01:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM EAID SOCI PGOV KOCI KGLB AMED SCUL ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR287	IMF: HIGH INFLATION THREATENS MONGOLIA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: According to the IMF's 2008 Article IV Consultation report, Mongolia's recent economic performance has been impressive, mainly due to high mineral prices, but inflation threatens stability and continued growth. GDP growth has averaged more than 9% per annum since 2004, and per c [...]	2008-06-13 07:08:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR309	EMBASSY'S FIRST EVER SHOWING AT MONGOLIAN TRADE FAIR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Embassy Ulaanbaatar's Commercial Section has for the first time participated in a major Mongolian trade show. The Embassy's booth displayed promotional materials and brochures from over 40 American firms, mostly related to construction. Local construction companies asked about im [...]	2008-06-23 00:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON BEXP PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR310	MONGOLIA'S DECISION CYCLE ON TIMING FOR POST-UNSCR [...] (S) As requested in reftels, the Ambassador, DCM, E/P Chief, and DATT have approached counter-parts in the Government of Mongolia (GOM),to include the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' State Secretary and the Acting Director General for the Americas, Middle East, and Africa, the Foreign Policy Ad [...]	2008-06-23 04:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	MARR PREL IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR311	GIA DIRECTOR INDICATES MONGOLIA WILL OK 10TH IRAQ [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Director of Mongolia's General Intelligence Agency (GIA),former Ambassador to the U.S. R. Bold, told the Ambassador June 20 that he believes that the Government of Mongolia (GOM) will approve the dispatch of a 10th troop rotation to Iraq. The GOM has not made a formal announ [...]	2008-06-23 06:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL PGOV MASS KPKO ASEC MG IZ
08ULAANBAATAR32	MRPR CABINET MINISTERS REQUIRED TO SIGN ETHICS AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: With Parliamentary elections scheduled for June and public concern running high over corruption, the ruling Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) has announced that all MPRP Cabinet and Vice Ministers signed an ethics agreement on January 17. The agreement ob [...]	2008-01-24 03:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR320	MONGOLIAN DEMOCRACY IN ACTION: PARTIES MULL JUNE 29 [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolian voters head to the polls on Sunday, June 29, to elect all 76 members of its parliament. This will be the fifth election since Mongolia peacefully cast aside its authoritarian, communist system in 1990/91, beginning its democratic transformation. With public frustration [...]	2008-06-27 11:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON SOCI MARR PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR321	MONGOLIAN MEDIA'S RUN-UP TO PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the last few days before Mongolia's June 29 Parliamentary elections, the local media organizations continued to focus on political mud-slinging by parties and criticism of the General Election Commission (GEC). Prime fodder in the press and on TV has been recent promises mad [...]	2008-06-29 12:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV OPRC KDEM KMDR KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR322	VOTING GOES SMOOTHLY IN MONGOLIAQS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Voting in MongoliaQs Parliamentary elections went smoothly and ended on schedule at 10 pm on Sunday, June 29; election authorities then started the lengthy process of vote-counting. Preliminary returns were not expected to be available until well into June 30, at the earliest. [...]	2008-06-30 00:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR328	EEB/CIP AMBASSADOR GROSS SURVEYS MONGOLIA'S ICT PROGRESS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador David A. Gross and Whitney J. Witteman of the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs visited Mongolia from June 21-24, during which time they met with senior Mongolian officials involved with setting and regulating ICT policies, rep [...]	2008-07-03 00:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD ECCP BEXP PGOV EINV ECPS MG
08ULAANBAATAR33	UNHCR PLANS TWO NEW DPRK SHELTERS IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the request of Mongolia's Border Force, UNHCR is planning to establish two new shelters in eastern Mongolia for DPRK refugees, UNHCR Senior Regional Protection Officer Nai Jit Lam told us on January 23. Lam said the two shelters will each cost around $35,000, contain 25 to 30 [...]	2008-01-24 03:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KREF EAID PHUM MG
08ULAANBAATAR332	Flavor of Mongolian Democracy: Impressions of Distant [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable describes conditions at far-flung polling stations in Khovd province some 1,500 kilometers from Ulaanbaatar. The Embassy's election observation team was impressed with the highly organized, efficient and transparent processes of the local election committees as well [...]	2008-07-08 00:22:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO MG
08ULAANBAATAR340	June Elections Could Jeopardize Recent Reforms of [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-10 08:55:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON EFIN PGOV EPET MG
08ULAANBAATAR341	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PRESIDENT ENKHBAYAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador called on President Enkhbayar on July 10 to deliver President Bush,s national day message (reftel) and to seek President Enkhbayar,s views regarding recent political upheaval in Mongolia and the planned duration of Mongolia,s 10th troop rotation in Iraq. Enkhbayar [...]	2008-07-10 09:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON MARR IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR351	VOTE ON GOVERNMENT DISSOLUTION FAILS [...] (SBU) The parliamentary vote demanded by the Democratic Party (DP) for the dissolution of Prime Minister S.Bayar's government failed on July 18. Following a long plenary discussion of the post-election violence on July 1, the demand was put to a vote. Of the 53 MPs making up the quorum, 16 vo [...]	2008-07-18 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KMCA SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR353	DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-18 12:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON EFIN PGOV SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR355	Candidate Profile: On the Campaign Trail--The Mongol Way [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Advisor to the Minister of Industry and Trade, S.Otgonbat (strictly protect) shared his experience as a campaign manager for J. Enkbayar, an upstart Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) businessman in his 30's and a candidate in Mongolia's remote southwestern [...]	2008-07-21 00:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL ECON PHUM KCOR PGOV KMCA SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR357	2007 UN VOTING REPORT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-22 02:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UNSC UNGA PREL ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR360	MONGOLIA'S EASTERN-STEPPE GRASSLANDS FACE CHALLENGES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On a visit to Mongolia's eastern steppe grasslands from July 18-21, the Ambassador met with conservationists, government officials and local residents, and heard concerns about the threats to the local habitat and its inhabitants. Temperate grasslands constitute a globally impor [...]	2008-07-23 08:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SENV EMIN ENRG PGOV ECON EFIN EPET MG
08ULAANBAATAR361	MONGOLIA'S OPPOSITION MPS WALK OUT OF FIRST PARLIAMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolians elected to Parliament in the contested June 29 elections gathered at Government House on July 23 for Parliament's opening session. But after energetically criticizing the head of the General Election Commission (GEC),members of the opposition Democratic Party left th [...]	2008-07-24 00:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM ENRG SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR362	Mongolian Uranium Deposit Update [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Western Prospector Group (WP) CEO Eric Bohren (protect) discussed uranium mining issues in Mongolia with Emboffs on July 10 and discussed his company's near-term plans and the uranium mining business. Bohren made clear that Western Prospector, a Vancouver-based firm, remains int [...]	2008-07-25 02:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG PREL KNNP SENV EMIN EINV KIDE MG
08ULAANBAATAR365	Mongolia's Inflation Continues to Rise During First Half of [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mongolia's national consumer price index was up a staggering 18.8% in the first six months of 2008. Ulaanbaatar, with its large contingent of urban poor, has been hit the hardest, with an overall inflation rate of 23% and a food price increase of 47.3%. Although much of the in [...]	2008-07-25 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN PGOV ETRD EINV MG
08ULAANBAATAR373	ONE MONTH AFTER MONGOLIAN RIOTING, POLITICAL IMPASSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One month after post-election violence left five people dead, hundreds injured and the ruling party's HQ destroyed, Mongolia's two biggest parties remained locked in a stalemate over election results and the legitimacy of the new Parliament. Allegations of fraud against the rulin [...]	2008-08-04 00:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KCOR SENV EMIN ENRG SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR381	DISAGREEMENT CRESTS BETWEEN MONGOLIAN PARTIES OVER [...] (SBU) Over five weeks have passed since violent protests left five dead and hundreds injured, landed nearly 200 protesters in detention without being charged, and burned the HQ of the Mongolian People,s Revolutionary Party (MPRP). The political situation has not moved far beyond allegations st [...]	2008-08-07 10:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KCOR EMIN SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR396	AVIAN INFLUENZA UPDATE FOLLOWING BIRD DEATHS IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) SUMMARY. Tissue samples from dead wild birds in northern and western Mongolia have tested negative for the H5 strain of Avian Influenza (AI). Initial testing following a suspicious bird die-off yielded a suspect sample, but further testing by the Mongolian State Central Veterinary Laborat [...]	2008-08-20 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR399	DELIVERY OF NON-PAPER ON DESIGNATION OF IRANIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-22 06:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC PREL PARM EFIN MG
08ULAANBAATAR43	MONGOLIAN VIEWS REGARDING IRAQ DEPLOYMENTS [...] (S) SUMMARY: Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor (FPA) Tsogtbaatar told the DCM January 23 that President Enkhbayar, SIPDIS his boss, firmly supports Mongolia's continued presence, stressing Mongolia is essentially in Iraq to support the U.S. In general, Mongolians support such a presence, [...]	2008-01-24 08:33:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL MARR MOPS IZ MG
08ULAANBAATAR44	MONGOLIA OFFERS TO HOST 6-PARTY PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (U) This is an action cable. See action requested in para 3. 2. (C) Mongolian Foreign Ministry Advisor to the Foreign Minister Ambassador B. Doljintseren invited the DCM in January 23 to note that Mongolia wants to be helpful in the peace process in Northeast Asia and that last year Mong [...]	2008-01-24 09:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KNUC MARR KS KN MG
08ULAANBAATAR46	Mongolia to Host Asian Ministerial Meeting on Environment [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's courtesy call on January 24, Mongolian's new Minister for Nature and Environment, G. Shiilegdamba, revealed that Mongolia would host a meeting of North East Asian Environment Ministers in Ulaanbaatar in May. He made clear that this would be the precursor [...]	2008-01-25 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON EMIN SENV PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR48	FOREIGN MINISTER OYUN SEEKS SEOUL MEETING WITH [...] (C) The Ambassador crossed paths January 29 with Mongolian Foreign Minister S.Oyun, who volunteered that she would be in Seoul on February 25, 26 and 27 for the South Korean presidential inauguration. Oyun said she would be accompanying President N.Enkhbayar, adding that if SecState were to [...]	2008-01-29 09:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR488	DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES AND INDIVIDUALS DEMARCHE [...] On November 3, Post notified Mr. B. Tumurbat, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at the Bank of Mongolia, of the reftel designations, and delivered reftel talking points and referenced press releases. No substantive reply was received, and any future response will be reported septel. [...]	2008-11-03 08:14:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MG
08ULAANBAATAR499	MONGOLIA RESPONDS TO DEMARCHE ON UN RESOLUTIONS ON [...] (C) On November 6, the Charge d'Affairs and PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Multilateral Cooperation Department Acting Director Batjargal at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Charge requested that Mongolia continue to oppose no-action motions in the Third Committee of the UN [...]	2008-11-07 07:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MG
08ULAANBAATAR5	Mongolian Vice Foreign Minister Formally Conveys [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Enkhmandakh confirmed to the Ambassador January 3 that Mongolia would deploy a full 9th rotation of troops to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and that the troops would depart for Iraq sometime the following week. The Ambassador expres [...]	2008-01-03 08:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MARR PREL ETRD EPET SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR50	Mongolia Ponders Transparency Agreement with U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Acting on a commitment to the Mongolian Government at last year's US-Mongolia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) talks (reftel A),Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Timothy Stratford proposed negotiating a Transparency Agreement (TA) with the Government of Mongolia [...]	2008-01-30 08:13:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR500	U.S. SUPPORT FOR FIGHTING FLU IN MONGOLIA [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's recent national influenza workshop demonstrated that U.S. support for both a Mongolian influenza surveillance network and an assessment of the country's pandemic readiness is helping the government address several needs. On the surveillance front, U.S. funding has allo [...]	2008-11-10 00:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR505	CONGRATULATORY MESSAGE FOR THE PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] Received from Mr. Norov Altankhuyag, in his capacity as Chairman of the Democratic Party of Mongolia, a coalition partner in the government. He is also first Deputy Prime Minister. 2. November 5, 2008 Dear Sir, Please accept my warmest congratulations on your victory in the US President [...]	2008-11-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	OPDC PREL OVIP MG
08ULAANBAATAR521	Global Financial Meltdown Dissolves Mongolian Resistance to [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The global financial crisis and steep declines in commodity prices are threatening Mongolia's aspirations to become a mining power. However, the crisis might be helping the new government and parliament overcome the crippling inertia that has afflicted them from 2006 up through [...]	2008-12-01 03:19:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
08ULAANBAATAR524	U.S. DOE IS SECURING MONGOLIA'S BORDERS [...] (U) SUMMARY. U.S. Department of Energy-provided radiation detection portals are now operational at Ulaanbaatar's international airport, as well as at Mongolia's borders with Russia (rail at Sukhbaatar and vehicle at Altanbulag) and China (rail and vehicle at Zamiin-Uud). A November 14 inaugur [...]	2008-12-03 02:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON PGOV PREL EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR526	MONGOLIAN AVIAN FLU UPDATE NOVEMBER 2008 [...] November often marks the beginning of a four-month period where H5N1 outbreaks are concentrated in many countries, but in Mongolia migration due to the cold weather actually makes these months somewhat passive. 2. Update on WCS Field Veterinary Program -- Avian Influenza: In FY 08, inten [...]	2008-12-05 08:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO CASC EAID PGOV SENV KFLU MG
08ULAANBAATAR527	REFLECTIONS ON A SLAG HEAP: WINNERS AND LOSERS CONTEMPLATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Failure to establish a fair and stable regulatory environment for the mining sector, coupled with the global economic crisis and commodities market crash, have come back to haunt development of Mongolia's minerals sector. Small exploration firms, already hammered by dropping co [...]	2008-12-08 06:18:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL PGOV ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
08ULAANBAATAR536	MONGOLIA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM STILL STANDING AFTER A [...] (C) SUMMARY. Mongolia's financial system has been rocked in recent days by a rapid decline in the local currency's value and the subsequent insolvency of its fourth largest bank. Some quick moves by the central bank to maintain the dollar supply and largely calm, even-handed responses by the [...]	2008-12-12 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN ETRD EINV PREL MG PGOV
08ULAANBAATAR555	NUCLEAR ENERGY OVERVIEW FOR MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Mongolia's nuclear sector is at a primitive stage of development, although GOM officials hope that as-yet unproven reserves can spur rapid sector growth. An undeveloped legal and regulatory framework makes it difficult for businesses interested in Mongolia's uranium reserves, a [...]	2008-12-23 07:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG TRGY BEXP BTIO PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR556	DELIVERY OF IRANIAN ENTITIES DEMARCHE [...] On December 24, Post notified Mr. B. Tumurbat, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit at the Bank of Mongolia, of the reftel designations, and delivered reftel talking points and referenced press releases. No substantive reply was received, and any future response will be reported septel. [...]	2008-12-24 07:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	KNNP EFIN PARM IR MG
08ULAANBAATAR6	WARNING: TAINTED LOCAL VODKA KILLS 11 IN MONGOLIA [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-04 00:41:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	MG
08ULAANBAATAR63	FORWARD MOVEMENT ON GSP ISSUES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After almost two years of prodding by Post and USTR, Mongolia looks set to implement a GSP Handicrafts agreement that will allow duty-free export to the U.S. of two Mongolian hand-made items. (The five items previously covered by the agreement have become MFN duty-free). Now t [...]	2008-02-04 08:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ETRD PREL EAID ECON EFIN PGOV MG
08ULAANBAATAR64	MONGOLIAN WOMEN SEETHING OVER QUOTA ELIMINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Women's activists have filed a complaint with Mongolia's Constitutional Court following Parliament's scrapping of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. The complaint, filed on January 31, argues that in eliminating the [...]	2008-02-05 00:28:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR68	2007 Mining Sector Wrap Up: One Step Forward, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: MongoliaQs mining sector took a wild ride in 2007 as alarming setbacks overshadowed promising advances made earlier in the year. Major achievements included a deal on a stability agreement with Ivanhoe/Rio Tinto to develop the promising Oyu Tolgoi copper mine, and the appointme [...]	2008-02-06 01:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL SENV ELTN ETRD CA MG
08ULAANBAATAR7	Ambassador Pays Initial Call on Prime Minister Bayar [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's initial official courtesy call January 4 on Prime Minister Bayar, Bayar said he hoped to make already excellent U.S.-Mongolian relations even better. He reiterated President Enkhbayar's invitation to President Bush to visit Mongolia, and he reconfirmed Mo [...]	2008-01-04 08:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR72	SOUTH GOBI SUFFERS POWER, HEAT OUTAGE AMID BITTER COLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The failure of two transmission lines from the sole power plant in the southern Mongolian province of Omnogovi left around 35,000 residents without heat or electricity from February 4 through 7, as outside temperatures plummeted to -30F. A team of electricians from Ulaanbaatar [...]	2008-02-07 09:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ENRG EMIN PREL SENV OVIP MG
08ULAANBAATAR73	NEW MONGOLIAN SHELTER FOR DPRK REFUGEES UP AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: North Korean refugees at a new Mongolian Border Force shelter are receiving adequate treatment while being processed for resettlement. On February 5 we visited the Nalaikh shelter, which opened in late October 2007 and is located one hour outside Ulaanbaatar. We were joined by M [...]	2008-02-07 09:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KREF EAID SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR79	The Soviet Hangover: Alcoholism Threatens Mongolia's [...] (U) SUMMARY: Alcohol, including fermented mare's milk, has traditionally been part of Mongolian culture. But the economic chaos that followed Russia's hasty withdrawal in the early 1990s resulted in skyrocketing rates of addiction to vodka and other hard spirits. This Russian legacy continues [...]	2008-02-14 01:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON SOCI PGOV CASC MG
08ULAANBAATAR8	Ambassador Calls on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador paid an initial courtesy call January 7 on Chief Cabinet Secretary N. Enkhbold, who, until recently, served as Mongolia's Foreign Minister. The Ambassador thanked Enkhbold for the Government of Mongolia's (GOM) recent decision to send a 9th full troop rotation to [...]	2008-01-08 00:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL MARR ETRD SOCI MG
08ULAANBAATAR81	ROK, CHINA EYE EXPANDED AIR LINKS WITH MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 13 courtesy call on the Ambassador, the new CEO of Mongolia-based EZnis Airways revealed that the South Korean Government and China's Civil Aviation Authority have made informal inquires to the Mongolian Government regarding the possible expansion of air service [...]	2008-02-15 00:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAIR PGOV ECON MG
08ULAANBAATAR89	FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES 6 PARTY TALKS, IRAQ, KOSOVO, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: FM Oyun told the Ambassador over dinner February 22 that Russia and the other six party talks (6PT) members had responded favorably to Mongolia's proposal to host the next 6PT Peace and Security Working Group (PSWG) meeting. Regarding the recent announcement that the Government [...]	2008-02-25 01:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL EAID ECON MARR PGOV MG IQ
08ULAANBAATAR9	Ambassador Pays Initial Call on Ulaanbaatar Mayor Bilegt [...] (U) The Ambassador, during his January 7 courtesy call on newly appointed Ulaanbaatar Governor and Mayor Bilegt, congratulated Bilegt and passed to him White House photos taken when Bilegt, then Head of the President's Office, accompanied President Enkhbayar on his summit visit to the U.S. in O [...]	2008-01-08 00:37:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SENV EAID MG
08ULAANBAATAR97	CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REFUSES TO HEAR COMPLAINT OVER [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Constitutional Court has declined to hear a complaint over Parliament's controversial elimination of a requirement that at least 30 percent of any party's candidates for national elections be women. A court official communicated this decision on February 19 to J.Zanna, [...]	2008-02-27 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI MG
08USUNNEWYORK1173	63RD UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific to the 63rd United Nations General Assembly. 2. (U) To achieve U.S. objectives for the 63rd UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, East Asian and Pacific Islands support was [...]	2008-12-16 00:34:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
08USUNNEWYORK380	RANGE OF ISSUES RAISED AT UN HOST COUNTRY [...] SUMMARY: At the April 22 Host Country Committee meeting, member states discussed chronic visa delays that negatively affect their representation at official UN meetings, NYC taxing UN Mission staff residences, unauthorized blocking of Ecuadorian Mission diplomats' bank accounts, problems of UN [...]	2008-04-28 23:38:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	OFDP CVIS PREL CU IN MG EC SY

09BEIJING2724	MONGOLIA-CHINA RELATIONS: HIGH-LEVEL PROGRESS, [...] (C) Summary: The 60th anniversary of the establishment of PRC-Mongolia relations has moved that relationship in a positive direction, but mutual popular mistrust persists, according to Beijing-based scholars. Per the Mongolian Embassy, plans are for Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao to visit Mongoli [...]	2009-09-23 06:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV CH MG NK MARR PBTS
09BEIJING3351	PRC/MONGOLIA: ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL TIES STILL [...] (SBU) In a December 3 meeting with Econoffs, Mongolian Commercial and Economic Counselor Nyamtseren Enkhtaivan noted that Chinese-Mongolian trade was increasing "quite well," and that generally the bilateral relationship had progressed quickly over the past 60 years. For instance, bilateral t [...]	2009-12-16 03:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CH EAID ECON EMIN ETRD MG PREL
09CANBERRA697	AUSTRALIA H1N1 SITREP JULY 31, 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is the latest SITREP covering Australia's response to the H1N1 outbreak. 2. (SBU) Government Response: Australian pandemic response has not changed since June 17. Additional measures adopted since July 24 include use of demountable (mobile buildings) H1N1 clinics being [...]	2009-07-31 06:50:00	Embassy Canberra	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KFLU AEMR TBIO AMGT MG AS
09CHISINAU694	MONGOLIAâ€™S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: On August 12, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) Deputy Director for Asian Affairs J. Sukhee briefed poloff on the annual Mongolia-DPRK consultations that concluded on August 11. MFAT State Secretary Tsogtbaatar led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with [...]	2009-09-08 15:27:00	Embassy Chisinau	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG
09DOHA467	SCENESETTER FOR U/S KENNEDY [...] (U) Embassy Doha welcomes your visit to Qatar. 2. (SBU) Your visit is one of great importance to us, as it signals top management concern for our Embassy at a time where we are building a strategic partnership with Qatar to implement the President's vision of a new beginning with Muslim comm [...]	2009-07-22 13:47:00	Embassy Doha	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AFIN AMGT MG
09HANOI403	MGSF01: HANOI SWINE FLU RESPONSE [...] (SBU) On April 27, the DCM convened a meeting of the Avian Influenza Working Group (AIWG) and the Emergency Action Committee (EAC)in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to review current information on swine flu outbreaks and to review tripwires associated with influenza outbreaks in Vietnam in response [...]	2009-04-28 10:32:00	Embassy Hanoi	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AEMR AMGT CASC EAGR PINR MG KFLU KFLO
09HOCHIMINHCITY338	TFFLU01 HCMC H1N1 INFLUENZA CONTAINMENT MEASURES: PASSENGER [...] (SBU) Summary. As of COB May 6, there have been no confirmed reports of the novel H1N1 influenza A in humans or livestock in Vietnam. As over 70 percent of international arrivals enter the country through HCMC, the virus is expected to make its Vietnam debut here. Authorities state that ther [...]	2009-05-06 10:39:00	Consulate Ho Chi Minh City	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	TBIO AMED AEMR AMGT CASC EAGR PINR MG KFLU KFLO
09HONGKONG785	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE - NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGE [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's preparedness level remains unchanged at an elevated Tier 2 or "Serious" response level for Pandemic Influenza (PI) (REFTEL) and Hong Kong health authorities continue to closely monitor arrivals at all border crossings and international terminals. All arriving passengers trans [...]	2009-04-29 09:43:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG799	MGSF01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (4/30),NO CONFIRMED [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's pandemic flu alert level remained unchanged April 30, at "Serious," despite the WHO's decision to increase its Pandemic Alert phase from 4 to 5 on April 29. Secretary for Health York Chow did, however, announce April 30 that the HKG would "immediately" go to its highest level [...]	2009-04-30 10:22:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC CH HK KFLO KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG800	MONGOLIA MINING FOR MONEY IN HONG KONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: A private conference in Hong Kong March 31 brought together top level Mongolian government officials, world class economists, some of the biggest investors in Mongolia and multinational companies to help participants identify the best investment opportunities in Mongolia and how t [...]	2009-04-30 10:26:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON EFIN PGOV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG801	Hang Seng Recovers from Flu but Trade Volumes Still In ICU [...] SUMMARY: Flu fears pushed down the Hang Seng early in the week, but the Index had fully recovered by April 30. The Hong Kong Monetary Authority will include flu-inspired scenarios in its next round of bank stress testing. Hong Kong's ExCo approved plans to issue up to HKD 100 billion in gove [...]	2009-04-30 11:57:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON PGOV EINV PREL HK MG
09HONGKONG802	H1N1 CONFIRMED IN HONG KONG: H1N1 UPDATE (5/2) [...] Hong Kong Secretary for Health York Chow announced at a press conference at approximately 2100 HRS on May 1 (HKT) that Hong Kong has confirmed its first case of the H1N1 flu. With this confirmation, the Hong Kong Government (HKG) raised its Pandemic Response level to "Emergency," the highest of [...]	2009-05-02 06:36:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR
09HONGKONG816	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/4),9 AMCITS IN QUARANTINE [...] (SBU) Hong Kong's Health Secretary York Chow briefed Hong Kong's Consular Corps members in a special meeting late May 4 to address concerns arising from the government's decision to quarantine approximately 240 foreign nationals (including 9 AMCITS) in Hong Kong, after a Mexican national in Hon [...]	2009-05-04 11:29:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KSAF MG PINR
09HONGKONG843	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/7),QUARANTINE ORDEAL ENDS [...] On May 7, Hong Kong health authorities began the phased release of the approximately 350 individuals (240 of which are foreign nationals, including 10 AMCITS) placed in quarantine due to exposure to the H1N1-positive patient confirmed in Hong Kong on May 1 (Reftel). The first group of 35 indi [...]	2009-05-07 11:06:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG887	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/14) 2ND CASE CONFIRMED [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-14 10:33:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG899	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-15 11:48:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG935	TFFLU01: HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/21),QUARANTINE [...] (U) Effective May 21, Hong Kong will no longer mandatorily quarantine travelers who have been in contact with a confirmed H1N1 patient. Under new guidelines released May 20, travelers and others linked through direct or proximity contact to a confirmed H1N1 patient, who do not exhibit flu-like [...]	2009-05-21 09:21:00	Consulate Hong Kong	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09HONGKONG940	HONG KONG H1N1 UPDATE (5/15): CG PUSHES BACK WITH [...] (SBU) Summary: In May 15 phone calls to Chief Executive Donald Tsang and Health Secretary York Chow, as well as active public diplomacy work with the press and demonstrators at the Consulate, the Consulate General has pushed back briskly against Hong Kong government allegations that the United [...]	2009-05-22 01:32:00	Consulate Hong Kong	CONFIDENTIAL	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC KFLO KFLU KPAO KSAF MG
09JEDDAH156	INFORMAL SURVEY OF JEDDAH PHARMACIES SUGGESTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff's highly informal discussions with three local pharmacies in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an April 30 weekend walk around the city suggest that anti-viral medications Tamiflu and Relenza, both shown to be potentially effective in limiting the severity of the 2009 H1N1 vir [...]	2009-05-02 04:42:00	Consulate Jeddah	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AEMR AMGT ASEC CASC ECON KFLO KPAO KSAF MG
09SEOUL1863	MOFAT NORTHEAST ASIA DG ON ROK TIES WITH CHINA, [...] (C) During a November 12 lunch with the DCM, MOFAT Northeast Asia Division Director General Cho Tai-young stressed that the ROK's trade and people-to-people ties with the PRC continue to expand rapidly. Cho cautioned, however, that the expanding relationship with Beijing had begun to "set off [...]	2009-11-25 06:07:00	Embassy Seoul	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR ECON KN KS JA CH MG
09STATE25552	MGMG01: MONITORING GROUP FORMATION REGARDING THE [...] As of 0800 EDT on 03/18/09 the Executive Secretary directed the Bureau of African Affairs to establish a Monitoring Group regarding the situation in Madagascar. The Monitoring Group will operate virtually with support from the Operations Center, but will be prepared to upgrade to physical staf [...]	2009-03-17 22:38:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT MG
09STATE28899	MGMG01: MADAGASCAR MONITORING GROUP DISBANDS [...] At 1700 EDT on 03/25/2009, the Executive Secretary disbanded the Madagascar Monitoring Group. 2. Public inquiries regarding American Citizen Services issues may be referred to the Office of Overseas Citizens Services 888-407-4747, or from overseas at 1- 202-501-4444. Inquiries from the p [...]	2009-03-26 02:50:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	AEMR ASEC CASC KFLO MARR PREL PINR AMGT MG
09STATE60454	MONGOLIA -- 2009 TIP REPORT: PRESS GUIDANCE AND [...] This is an action cable; see paras 5 through 7 and 10. 2. On June 16, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. EDT, the Secretary will release the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report at a press conference in the Department's press briefing room. This release will receive substantial coverage in domestic an [...]	2009-06-11 20:14:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP ELAB KCRM KPAO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG MG
09STATE65797	COUNTRY SPECIFIC INFORMATION - MONGOLIA [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-25 11:29:00	Secretary of State	UNCLASSIFIED	CASC ASEC MG
09TOKYO1449	JAPAN'S GOVERNMENT REVISES H1N1 INFLUENZA GUIDANCE [...] (U) Summary: The Japanese Government revised its guidelines for responding to H1N1 influenza outbreaks June 19. Acknowledging the difficulty in using border controls to keep the H1N1 virus from entering Japan, the GOJ will, in many cases, allow arriving passengers with flu symptoms to enter t [...]	2009-06-26 05:22:00	Embassy Tokyo	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU AEMR AESC CASC TBIO PREL MG EAGR JA
09ULAANBAATAR112	EARTH, WIND, AND SOLAR: MAKING RENEWABLES HAPPEN IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: Mongolia's abundant animal, solar, wind, and hydro resources offer tremendous opportunities for the government and private investors to establish a vibrant renewable energy sector. The government openly encourages development of these resources, but apart from intermittent successe [...]	2009-04-27 02:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ENRG ECON PGOV SENV PREL EAID MG
09ULAANBAATAR119	2009 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-01 04:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
09ULAANBAATAR128	DEFENSE MINISTER BOLD REPLIES TO SECRETARY GATES' [...] (C) Minister of Defense Lu. Bold called in the Ambassador and the Defense Attache on May 11 to present a letter from the Minister to Secretary Gates expressing the Government of Mongolia,s decision to deploy to Afghanistan. The letter came in response to Secretary Gates, letter dated February [...]	2009-05-11 10:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MOPS PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR132	RUSSIAN PRIME MINISTER VISITS MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin arrived in Ulaanbaatar on the afternoon of May 13 for a half-day of meetings with Mongolian government officials. In addition to Putin's hour-long private meeting with Mongolian Prime Minister S. Bayar, Mongolian and Russian officials held [...]	2009-05-15 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ECON PHUM KCOR KMCA SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR141	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTENSIFIES IN ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-20 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR160	BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY FOR MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT-ELECT [...] (C) Summary. Born to herders in western Mongolia, Harvard-educated President-elect Elbegdorj worked in a factory, studied journalism in Russia, and wrote for Mongolia's army newspaper before becoming a leader in the country's democratic movement in the late 1980s. Since the country's democra [...]	2009-06-04 09:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR161	MONGOLIA'S MANAGEMENT OF A RESURGENT RUSSIA [...] (C) Summary. Landlocked Mongolia is compelled by geography and motivated by history to seek pragmatic and workable relations with its two giant neighbors. For 15 years following Mongolia's democratic revolution in 1990, Russia maintained a low profile as it underwent its own political change [...]	2009-06-04 10:29:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV MARR MOPS ECON EINV EMIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR162	SCENESETTER FOR THE SECRETARY'S JUNE 9 MEETING [...] (C) Madame Secretary: The briefing materials I have seen for your meeting do an excellent job of setting forth the specific issues that Foreign Minister Batbold will wish to discuss with you. I would just like to add some larger strategic considerations to provide background and context for t [...]	2009-06-05 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN OVIP MG
09ULAANBAATAR187	No Investment Disputes or Expropriation Claims in Mongolia [...] As per reftel, post knows of no investment disputes in Mongolia during the period ending June 1, 2009, where a U.S. citizen or business claims that the Government of Mongolia has expropriated economic assets or repudiated contracts. 2. Points of contact: --Primary: M. Richmond, Senior Com [...]	2009-06-30 06:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	EINV KIDE OPIC PGOV CASC MG
09ULAANBAATAR189	Post Response to OPIC Request for Comment on WM Mining [...] (SBU) As per ref paragraph 2, Post supports WM Mining application for OPIC financing of the Big Bend Placer gold-mining project (BBP) in Zaamar Soum (county) of Tov Aimag (province). Post has received detailed briefings of the project aims, technologies, environmental, and social impacts from [...]	2009-07-02 05:51:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV OPIC MG
09ULAANBAATAR19	PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES AFGHANISTAN, MCC, IMF, [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Bayar invited the Ambassador to a meeting to discuss major issues at the changeover of U.S. Administrations. Concerning the rail project of Mongolia's Millennium Challenge Compact (MCC),Bayar cited objections raised by the Russians, who own half of Ulaanbaatar Ra [...]	2009-01-21 09:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG
09ULAANBAATAR192	DEMARCHE ON OPPOSITION TO THE ITSO DIRECTOR GENERAL'S PUSH [...] (SBU) On July 3, Post shared reftel talking points with Ms. G. Battungalag, Second Secretary, Department of International Organizations, Mongolian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Ms. Battungalag thanked Post for this information, commenting that the ITSO DG's actions seeme [...]	2009-07-06 05:16:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC ECON ECPS EFIN INTELSAT KTIA PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR20	MONGOLIA ON A RISING CHINA: HEDGING PREFERRED BUT [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia faces the challenge of being a large, sparsely populated, landlocked country sandwiched between China and Russia. Mongolia,s Third Neighbor Policy of building economic, political, social and military relations with outside countries ) the United States foremost among th [...]	2009-01-22 09:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EFIN MOPS MG CH RS
09ULAANBAATAR201	PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER, AND SPEAKER OF MONGOLIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 29 and 30, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by Rep. David Price of North Carolina met with Speaker Demberel, Prime Minister Bayar, and President Elbegdorj during the course of a day and a half of meetings with Mongolian parliamentarians. In addition to dis [...]	2009-07-16 05:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MG
09ULAANBAATAR208	MONGOLIA SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER [...] (SBU) Post has prepared the following scenesetter for the Congressional Delegation, led by Rep. John Boehner of Ohio and scheduled to visit Mongolia from August 9 to 10. 2. (SBU) Below is a breakdown by paragraph of the organization of this scenesetter: 3-5: Context of the Visit 6-8: Pol [...]	2009-07-30 00:44:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP AMGT ASEC AFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR213	MCC, DEFENSE ISSUES TOP MEETING BETWEEN AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-31 10:00:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECIN ECON ETRD MARR PGOV PREL MG CD KS
09ULAANBAATAR23	NO PROGRESS ON REDUCING ULAANBAATAR AIR POLLUTION [...] (U) SUMMARY. Ulaanbaatar's air pollution remains one of Mongolia's most critical environmental problems. Recent government studies show that some forms of the city's air pollution increased by as much as 20 percent in 2008. The government has allocated 50 billion tugruks (approximately USD 3 [...]	2009-01-28 06:06:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	SENV PREL EAID PGOV MG
09ULAANBAATAR232	HDAC STAFF WITH CODEL PRICE PROMOTE PROFESSIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Representative David Price led a Congressional Delegation to Mongolia on June 29-30, as part of the House Democracy Assistance Commission's (HDAC) engagement with Mongolia, which began in 2006. Congressional Research Service (CRS) and HDAC staff members held concurrent meetings [...]	2009-08-13 01:36:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM EAID OREP MG
09ULAANBAATAR234	MONGOLIA'S CONSULTATIONS WITH DPRK VICE FOREIGN [...] (S) Summary: xxxxx. MFAT xxxxx led the Mongolian side, and the North Koreans met with President Elbegdorj on the sidelines of the consultation. xxxxx little on the bilateral relationship with Mongolia. Key themes on the part of the DPRK were the lack of criticism of the United States, indications t [...]	2009-08-13 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET	PREL PGOV MOPS KNNP MG
09ULAANBAATAR236	Summary of High-Level Meetings during CODEL Boehner [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 9 and 10, Members of the Congressional Delegation headed by House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio met with Prime Minister S. Bayar and President Ts. Elbegdorj during the course their visit to Mongolia to review the impact of the current economic crisis and issues r [...]	2009-08-13 09:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP OVIP PGOV PREL ECON ETRD AMGT ASEC AFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR240	MP TEMUUJIN DISCUSSES LEGAL REFORM IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Democratic Party (DP) MP Temuujin on August 14 to discuss the recent amnesty law and legal reform efforts in Mongolia. Temuujin was frank in his assessment of the legal reform environment, noting that reform efforts originating in Parliament rarely get out of comm [...]	2009-08-20 00:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR244	Mongolian Parliament Passes Long Awaited, Absolutely [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 25, the Mongolian Parliament amended four key laws, which will allow the government to sign and execute the much anticipated agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi (OT) copper and gold project. This immense project promises to generate tens of billions of dollars, and finally o [...]	2009-08-26 09:09:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG PGOV MG
09ULAANBAATAR257	AMBASSADORSHIPS AND POLITICS IN MONGOLIA [...] (C) Summary: Mongolia has 33 diplomatic missions worldwide, and many key ambassadorships are coming vacant at the start of the Elbegdorj presidency. The handling of these appointments provides significant insight into political maneuvering in Mongolia. Financial, ethnic, religious, social, a [...]	2009-09-04 08:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR MG
09ULAANBAATAR258	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL AGENDA WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of pre-departure encounters over the past week, Ambassador Minton discussed a wide range of U.S.-Mongolia bilateral issues with President Elbegdorj and Foreign Minister Batbold. Ambassador Minton and DCM Hill spent nearly all of Saturday, August 30, with Elbegdorj and [...]	2009-09-04 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID ENRG MG
09ULAANBAATAR283	MONGOLIAN PRESIDENT TALKS EDUCATION, URANIUM, AND [...] (C) Summary: We met with Director Ganbold of the Asia Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) on September 22 to discuss President Elbegdorj's recently completed travel to India. This was Elbegdorj's first trip abroad as president. Ganbold stated the primary focus of t [...]	2009-09-25 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL SCUL ENRG ECON MG
09ULAANBAATAR288	FRAUD SUMMARY - ULAANBAATAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fraud continues to be widespread and a serious problem among Mongolian applicants. In addition to the persistent low-level NIV fraud, post has been struggling with significant fraud in asylum cases and in immigrant visa cases. Post has also encountered several instances of app [...]	2009-10-05 04:40:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS KFRD CPAS CMGT ASES XP MG
09ULAANBAATAR308	PRIME MINISTER BAYAR STEPS DOWN, CITING HEALTH [...] (C) Summary: On October 26, Prime Minister Bayar announced his resignation for health reasons. Because Bayar is resigning for health reasons, he may be able to return to his position once he has recovered, as long as his party leadership and the government agree. Some observers are terming t [...]	2009-10-26 09:47:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR315	Key Mongolian Mining Deal Still On Track [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks into the Oyu Tolgoi Investment Agreement (OTIA) all parties seem committed to satisfying its conditions precedent. The companies have sent the first USD 100 million of a USD 250 million cash advance as promised while the Government of Mongolia (GOM) has honored its i [...]	2009-10-29 08:25:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
09ULAANBAATAR318	Mongolia INCSR Draft Submission [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-03 05:46:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL EAID SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR319	MONGOLIA RESPONSE TO GOLDSTONE REPORT DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered demarche as requested in reftel to Ms. Gerelmaa, Second Secretary with the International Organizations Department (IOD) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa noted the political sensitivity to the GOM of certain international human rights issues and pro [...]	2009-11-04 04:57:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS MG
09ULAANBAATAR322	DEMOCRACY, TRANSPARENCY AND MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mongolia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) lacks the capacity to combat money laundering effectively. The staff of four must assemble, analyze, and maintain the FIU database of transaction reports as well as ensure compliance among financial institutions. Interagency cooperatio [...]	2009-11-06 08:59:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EFIN SNAR MG
09ULAANBAATAR329	SELECTION OF NEW MONGOLIAN FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, Parliament approved the nomination of G. Zandanshatar as foreign minister. The new foreign minister represents an assertive young wing of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) intent on having its turn at the helm. The leading candidates over which Za [...]	2009-11-13 10:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR331	MONGOLIA ON UNGA COUNTRY-SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 16, we delivered the demarche points per reftel to Gerelmaa of the International Organizations Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Gerelmaa thanked us for our consideration of Mongolia's actions on similar votes at last year's UNGA and stated that her gover [...]	2009-11-16 07:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNGA MG
09ULAANBAATAR332	MONGOLIA PROPOSES SUPPLEMENTAL AFGHAN DEPLOYMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his November 16-18 visit to Ulaanbaatar, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Partnership Strategy and Stability Operations, James Schear, accompanied by the Charge and DATT, met key offials at the Ministries of Defense and of Foreign Affairs, including Defense Ministe [...]	2009-11-18 08:23:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR MOPS MG
09ULAANBAATAR349	DOMESTIC AND DIPLOMATIC CLIMATE CHANGE INITIATIVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acutely aware of its vulnerability to a changing climate, Mongolia is pursuing initiatives both domestically and regionally to foster clean energy and conservation. Diplomatically, the GOM has assembled delegates from China, Japan, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea at three c [...]	2009-12-01 03:43:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL SENV ENRG TRGY MG
09ULAANBAATAR374	GOM: INNER MONGOLIAN "VOLUNTARILY" RETURNED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with PolOff, Chief of Mongolia's Immigration Agency Murun defended his government's conduct against allegations they had deported an Inner Mongolian with an appeal pending before the UNHCR. Murun explained that the Chinese citizen, Batuzhangga, and his family returned [...]	2009-12-29 04:49:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR375	MONGOLIA-DPRK ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS CONTINUE; GOM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Dr. UNDRAA Agvaanluvsan, professor of nuclear energy issues and policy at Stanford University and newly appointed Deputy Director of the in-house think tank of Mongolia's National Security Council, informed Embassy officers on December 26 that the DPRK and Mongolia continue to dis [...]	2009-12-29 07:15:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECIN EMIN ENRG ETRD PGOV PREL SCUL MG
09ULAANBAATAR377	Visa Referral Validation Study Finds Low Overstay Rate [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A validation study of post's Visa Referral Program covering January 2007 through December 2008 showed no signs of fraud or abuse in this program. The study identified an overstay rate of one percent for referred applicants, well below the 16 percent overstay rate estimated for a [...]	2009-12-30 00:26:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT KFRD XE MG
09ULAANBAATAR46	AMBASSADOR AND FM BATBOLD DISCUSS AFGHANISTAN, [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Minton discussed a range of key bilateral issues with Foreign Minister Batbold over lunch February 16. Topics included future Mongolian contributions in Afghanistan, Mongolia,s financial situation, the status of MCC implementation, post's wheat-based Food for Progress [...]	2009-02-17 09:31:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR ECON EAID EFIN MG
09ULAANBAATAR61	ENGAGING MONGOLIA ON AFGHANISTAN AND INCREASE OF [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered points requested in reftels to Deputy Director of the Department for the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, R. Mounkhou, on February 24. Specifically, we outlined the key points of the Afghanistan-Pakistan strategy review. 2. (C) Mongolia continues to be receptiv [...]	2009-02-24 08:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	NATO PREL MOPS MARR MG AF
09ULAANBAATAR64	AMBASSADOR PRESENTS MONGOLIAN DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On March 2, the first day of GOM operation after the Mongolian Lunar New Year holiday, the Ambassador presented Secretary Gates' letter on Mongolia's prospective redeployment in Afghanistan to Defense Minister Bold (see reftel). The text of the letter is reproduced below in para 7. 2 [...]	2009-03-02 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR MG
09ULAANBAATAR73	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER BAYAR [...] (C) A range of issues came up during a two-hour lunch meeting between Prime Minister Bayar and the Ambassador March 10, including plans for a Mongolian deployment in Afghanistan, the recently concluded deal Mongolia worked out with the IMF, and also the political machinations involved in reach [...]	2009-03-11 09:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR RS MG
09ULAANBAATAR87	MONGOLIAN MINING DEBATE SUGGESTS PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY. Late into the night on March 2, the Mongolian National Security Council reportedly voted 2 to 1 to approve the long-delayed investment agreement for the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold project in Mongolia's South Gobi desert region. According to several sources, Prime Minister S. Bayar and [...]	2009-03-30 08:27:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ETRD PGOV PREL MG
09ULAANBAATAR94	DAS NORRIS DISCUSSES IMF, MCC, TRANSPARENCY [...] (C) Summary. On April 2, the DAS for China and Mongolia, John Norris, met in Ulaanbaatar with Mongolian Foreign Minister Batbold on the eve of our annual Consultation on Bilateral, Regional, and Global Issues (CBRGI). Batbold expressed satisfaction with the recent IMF Stand-By Agreement (SBA [...]	2009-04-09 06:12:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EMIN MARR MG
09ULAANBAATAR96	MONGOLIA RESPONSE: REQUESTING SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS TO [...] (C) In response to ref A, Mongolia has been informed of the conclusions of the U.S. strategic review and the U.S. requested support, which was forwarded to Mongolia in Secretary of Defense Gates' letter to Mongolian Minister of Defense Bold in late February. Recent meetings by State EAP DAS N [...]	2009-04-10 08:45:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MOPS MARR NATO MG
09ULAANBAATAR97	45 DAYS AND COUNTING: MONGOLIA'S PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: Both the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) and Democratic Party (DP) have officially selected their candidates for the May 24 presidential election. Incumbent President N. Enkhbayar is the MPRP nominee and Ts. Elbegdorj is the DP candidate. The Green Party and the Ci [...]	2009-04-10 08:48:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON SOCI MG
09ULAANBAATAR98	AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER DISCUSS MCC AND [...] (S) Summary. On April 13, Prime Minister Bayar called in the Ambassador for a one-on-one meeting to discuss the MCC rail project and other issues, including deployment of troops to Afghanistan. Bayar indicated with regret that strategic considerations prevent Mongolia from implementing the ra [...]	2009-04-13 12:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV EAID MARR EMIN EIND MG
09UNVIEVIENNA564	GUIDANCE REQUEST ON MONGOLIAN NWFZ [...] (C) Following the November Board session in which Mongolia supported both the Board resolution censuring Iran and the Russian LEU bank resolution, Mongolian Ambassador Enkhsaikhan approached Ambassador Davies December 11 on the longstanding issue of the establishment of a Mongolian Nuclear Weap [...]	2009-12-15 14:16:00	UNVIE	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC PREL KNNP IAEA MG
09USNATO200	POLES REQUEST ASSISTANCE BRINGING MONGOLIAN [...] (C/NF) During a May 18 introductory meeting with Ambassador Daalder, Polish Permanent Representative Winid requested U.S. assistance in the deployment of a Mongolian unit to Afghanistan where they would provide force protection for a Polish camp in Ghazni. The Mongolians would be brought in u [...]	2009-05-19 18:41:00	Mission USNATO	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	MOPS PREL MARR MCAP PL MG AF
09USUNNEWYORK1003	U.S. RE-ELECTED TO UN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL [...] The United Nations General Assembly held elections on October 16 to fill 18 vacancies on the UN's Economic and Social Council for the three-year term beginning January 1, 2010. All candidates have been endorsed previously by their respective regional groups and were uncontested. Elected were [...]	2009-11-06 21:05:00	USUN New York	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC UNGA ECOSOC PREL GH CN ZA RW EG BG MG
09USUNNEWYORK1060	SINGAPORE ON MODERATE NAM MEMBERS AND NPT/NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-21 00:51:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	CI CO GT JM MG PARM PREL SN
09USUNNEWYORK1129	64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: EAST ASIAN AND PACIFIC [...] (U) This cable was prepared by Ambassador Joan Plaisted, who served as Senior Area Adviser for East Asia and the Pacific (EAP) to the 64th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). 2. (U) EAP countries in general welcomed the new era of U.S. engagement and partnership this 64th General Assemb [...]	2009-12-18 01:55:00	USUN New York	CONFIDENTIAL	BP BX CB CH ECON FJ FM ID JA KR KS LA MG
09VIENNA733	AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: SEVENTH CASE CONFIRMED, BUT NO ADDITIONAL PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES [...] Austrian authorities report seven total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. Director for Public Health Hubert Hrabcik confirmed the seventh case, a woman from Salzburg who had returned from a visit to the U.S. Health authorities said that her case is "mild" and she is responding w [...]	2009-06-18 11:33:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	KFLU TBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO PREL MG AU
09VIENNA891	AUSTRIA H1N1 UPDATE: 54 CONFIRMED CASES, STILL NO SPECIAL [...] As of July 29, Austrian authorities report 54 total H1N1 cases since the outbreak of the epidemic. The number of infected persons has increased significantly over the past two weeks. Most cases have been discovered after Austrians returned home from tourist destinations all over the world (t [...]	2009-07-20 15:13:00	Embassy Vienna	UNCLASSIFIED	TBIO ECON ASEC CASC KFLO KPAO KFLU PREL MG AU
10SHANGHAI15	HOT MONEY INFLOW RESTRICTIONS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN EAST [...] (SBU) Summary: Manipulation of trade transactions across China's borders to arbitrage anticipated renminbi movements has decreased under a new trade-transaction verification system. However, investors can still get "hot money" funds into China through a variety of loopholes -- such as transac [...]	2010-01-20 08:00:00	Consulate Shanghai	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EFIN EINV PGOV CH MG
10ULAANBAATAR15	2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 09:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR16	2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 09:39:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR17	2010 MONGOLIA INVESTMENT CLIMATE STATEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2010-01-15 09:54:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EINV KTTB MG OPIC USTR
10ULAANBAATAR27	2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 1 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 1, contains sections A.1 through A.3. See septels for sections A.5-A.16. A.1 OPENNESS OF GOVERNMENT TO FOREIGN INVESTMENT In its specific policies, laws, and general attitude, the Government of [...]	2010-01-27 07:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR28	2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 2 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 2, contains sections A.5 through A.9. See septels for sections A.1-A.4 and A.10-A.16. A.5 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS AND INCENTIVES Mongolia imposes few performance requirements on, and offers few [...]	2010-01-27 08:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR29	2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement, Part 3 of 3 [...] As requested ref, post provides the 2010 Mongolia Investment Climate Statement. This cable, Part 3, contains sections A.10 through A.16. See septels for sections A.1-A.9 A.10 Competition from State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Mongolia passed and implemented a competition law applying to forei [...]	2010-01-27 08:17:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV ECON OPIC KTTB USTR MG
10ULAANBAATAR36	Consular Outreach Initiative in Mongolia Pays Off, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A close review of consular statistics from Mongolia for the last three years suggests that post's Consular outreach efforts have achieved good results. The program, launched in 2008, helped shape a higher quality applicant pool, increased awareness about legal avenues for immig [...]	2010-02-05 08:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	CVIS CMGT KFRD OPRC XE MG
10ULAANBAATAR38	Mongolia's Failed Uranium Mining Policy [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 1, 2010, Canadian uranium exploration company Khan Resources (KR) announced its intent to accept an offer from the Chinese National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) to buy controlling interest in KR through the purchase of shares. If consummated, CNNC's buyout would give [...]	2010-02-09 04:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EINV PREL ETRD EMIN ENRG MG
10ULAANBAATAR48	PRESIDENT ELBEGDORJ DISCUSSES PRIORITIES FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: On February 19, President Elbegdorj met with the Ambassador to discuss his anticipated travel to the United States in May and to cover key bilateral issues prior to our annual bilateral talks, which will take place in Washington on February 26. Elbegdorj seeks to have a Transpare [...]	2010-02-19 11:38:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EMIN EINV MARR ENRG MG
10ULAANBAATAR53	PARTISAN FUNDRAISING NETWORKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The General Election Commission's (GEC) documentation of political contributions for the 2008 parliamentary election offers insight into the commercial sector and the types of individuals who support each political party. The Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) appears [...]	2010-02-23 08:10:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KCOR SOCI MG
10ULAANBAATAR54	AERO MONGOLIA: UNION BUSTING, STATE COMPLICITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A labor strike at domestic carrier Aero Mongolia raises new concerns about the deficiencies of law enforcement and the political influence of corporations. Exercising their legal right, all 70 employees of Aero Mongolia organized a trade union in the fall of 2008 and registered it [...]	2010-02-23 08:35:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PHUM SMIG EAIR PGOV PREL MG
10ULAANBAATAR55	IRGC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Post deliverd reftel demarche with non-paper on February 24 to A. Ariun, Attache of the International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. She offered no substantive response but promised to read the document. HILL [...]	2010-02-25 03:20:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KNNP MNUC IR GM PREL PARM EFIN MG
10ULAANBAATAR61	Competition for MPRP Chairmanship Intensifies; Coalition at [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Various members of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party (MPRP) Steering Council are pushing to set a date for a party conference where a new leader would be chosen to succeed the ailing S. Bayar. Bayar's prolonged illness and ongoing treatment in Seattle has put party work [...]	2010-02-26 08:24:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV MG
88BEIJING25961	CIVAIR: AIR MONGOLIA - THE "DO IT YOURSELF" [...] SUMMARY: THE RECENTLY INAUGURATED WEEKLY AIR MONGOLIA NON-STOP SERVICE BETWEEN ULAANBATAAR (U-B) AND BEIJING APPEARED TO US, AT FIRST BLUSH, TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF MANNA FROM HEAVEN. PRIOR TO THE EXISTENCE OF THIS FLIGHT, TRAVEL BETWEEN BEIJING AND U-B REQUIRED A 36 HOUR (ONE-WAY) [...]	1988-09-01 23:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	EAIR CH MG OTRA ATRN
90ULAANBAATAR760	ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	1990-11-04 04:30:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
91ULAANBAATAR2555	MONGOLIA: 1991 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] ALL REFERENCES ARE TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL, PARA 5. A) NO PROSECUTIONS/NO DOMESTIC TERRORISM. B) NO C) EMBASSY IS NOT AWARE OF ANY PAST OR CURRENT SUCH PROSECUTIONS OR EXTRADITION REQUESTS. D) THE GMPR GENERAL AVOIDS COMMENT ON ISSUES OUTSIDE IMMEDIATE MONGOLIAN INTERESTS. THE F [...]	1991-11-19 08:02:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
92ULAANBAATAR3683	ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT FOR MONGOLIA [...] FOLLOWING ANSWERS ARE KEYED TO QUESTIONS POSED IN REFTEL, PARA FIVE. 2. A) MONGOLIA HAS EXPERIENCED NO REPORTED ACTS OF DOMESTIC TERRORISM AND IS NOT INVOLVED IN ANY PROSECUTION OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM. B) EMBASSY IS UNAWARE OF ANY EXTRADITIONS FROM MONGOLIA OR REQUESTS FOR EXTRADITIO [...]	1992-11-09 09:01:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
93ULAANBAATAR3188	MONGOLIA: 1993 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	1993-11-09 08:58:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
94ULAANBAATAR2492	MONGOLIA: 1994 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] WITH ONE EXCEPTION, POST HAS NO RELEVANT INFORMATION TO REPORT FOR THIS YEAR'S TERRORISM REPORT (REFTEL PARA 3). MONGOLIA HAS NEITHER EXPERIENCED, CONDONED, NOR ENCOURAGED TERRORISTS OR TERRORIST ACTS, WHETHER OF THE DOMESTIC OR INTERNATIONAL VARIETY, DURING 1994. 2. IN REFERENCE TO PARA [...]	1994-11-18 06:11:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG
95ULAANBAATAR1795	MONGOLIAN: 1995 ANNUAL TERRORISM REPORT [...] No summary [...]	1995-12-12 07:53:00	Embassy Ulaanbaatar	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER MG

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